FOR THIS WEEK’S [PLACES], it’s away and off to La Socelière, a 17th-century chateau in the Loire Valley. Resting on nearly 20 acres of gardens, forest, and pasture, it is a wonderland of 1940s Italian rococo sofas and armchairs upholstered in purple velvet; a place where 18th-century French Savonnerie wool rugs and crystal chandeliers intermingle with a mix of Italian and French antiques, and light fills the place . . .
