Mr. Donato has worked with great care and attention to detail to re-create the room as he remembers it from his childhood. The shelves have suitcases on them. Clothes hang on hooks and hangers and lie on beds, nylon and rayon with industrial lace, headscarves, woollen wraps. A few stockings, a few magazines showing Hollywood stars from the 1950s.

photos: Anke Klitzing