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Crystal Williams, the 18th president of Rhode Island School of Design, lives alone in a 7,000-square-foot Gilded Age residence in Providence, R.I. She has been arranging the house, intertwining her favorite objects and hues with creations from RISD faculty, students, and alumni. The neocolonial home was built in the 1890s for the Metcalf family and was donated to the school in the 1950s….