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Interior Life: Mansions in the Metropolis  image

Interior Life: Mansions in the Metropolis
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Here at Urban Archive, we often focus our stories on the city streets and the public-facing architecture of the city. However, being stuck inside our apartments has given us a new appreciation for interiors so we thought we'd take a look at a diverse array of New York's interiors over the years. This particular story dives inside the homes and lives of New York's elite at the turn of the century and what their interiors meant to them.

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122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A bedroom in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A sitting room in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A sitting room in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Dining Room in the Home of Elsie de Wolfe & Elisabeth Marbury, 1896. The dining room of a home on East 17th St., occupied by Elsie de Wolfe, an interior decorator.
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

\[Elsie de Wolfe, 1896.]
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Interiors-Bedroom 1898 Elsie de Wolfe 122 East 17th St. The bedroom of Elsie de Wolfe, including a daybed, a relatively small chaise lounge, a bureau, and floral wallpaper.
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. The entrance stair in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Interiors: Dining Room 1898 Elsie de Wolfe - Irving Pl. & 17th St. The dining room in Elsie de Wolfe's residence after it was remodeled.
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Home of Elsie de Wolfe 1898 and Elisabeth Marbury. The bedroom of Elisabeth Marbury, friend/roommate of Elsie de Wolfe; floral wallpaper and drapery, bed, chaise lounge, Oriental rug, framed reproductions, roll top desk. A tapestry depicitng Christ on the cross is above Ms. Marbury's bed.
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Portrait, Elsie de Wolfe, Elizabeth Marbury, Portraits & Interiors. A living room in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (previous housing envelope).
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Interiors, Elsie de Wolfe, Library. A library in the residence of Elsie de Wolfe at 122 East 17th Street (Irving Place & 17th Street).
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

Washington Irving House, Irving Place and East 17th Street, New York City, 1900. Built 1845; home of Elsie de Wolfe and Elizabeth Marbury, 1894-1911.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street Irving Place, at and adjoining S.W. corner of 17th Street, showing 49 Irving Place, the corner house which is supposed to have been at one time the home of Washington Irving, and is accordingly known as the Washington Irving house. The little railing around the roof of the house is not seen in photographs as early as 1909. Adjoining 47 Irving Place may be seen part of the north wall of the Westminster Hotel, which will be demolished in 1909. About 1900. 0ift of W. M. Van Der Weyde. 1N~ NW 2NE4 Ny. 77 822 (2) The same, a generation later. The Borgfeldt Building, shown in part at the left, was erected in 1909 on the site of the Westminster Hotel. August 30, 1927. P. L. Sperr.
122 East 17th Street image

122 East 17th Street

49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street (East). Irving Place, at, adjoinin; and south of the S.W. corner of East 17th Street. Also shown is East 17th Street, south side, west from Irving P1ace, to, but not including Union Square, East. Corner building shown, No. 49 Irving Place, is the Washington Irving House, and now is the home of the Author's League Club. About 1912. Underwood & Undcrwood.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Washington Irving House at East 17th Street and Irving Place, New York City, August 10, 1914.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Washington Irving House at East 17th Street and Irving Place, New York City, August 10, 1914. View of side entrance on E. 17th Street. Washington Irving High School in the background.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street Irving Place, at and adjoining S.W. corner of 17th Street, showing 49 Irving Place, the corner house which is supposed to have been at one time the home of Washington Irving, and is accordingly known as the Washington Irving house. The little railing around the roof of the house is not seen in photographs as early as 1909. Adjoining 47 Irving Place may be seen part of the north wall of the Westminster Hotel, which will be demolished in 1909. About 1900. 0ift of W. M. Van Der Weyde. 1N~ NW 2NE4 Ny. 77 822 (2) The same, a generation later. The Borgfeldt Building, shown in part at the left, was erected in 1909 on the site of the Westminster Hotel. August 30, 1927. P. L. Sperr.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street (East) 49-47 Irving Place, (left) at and adjoining the S.W. corner of East 17th Street. The corner structure, No. 49, with its entrance on 17th Street, is supposed to have been the residence of Washington Irving and is popularly known as the Washington Irving House. Shown on the right and north of same is a 3-story building, No. 120 East 17th Street. July 1937. GeBrge D. Chinn.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street (East) 47-49 Irving Place, at and adjoining the S.W. corner of East 17th Street. The corner building; No. 49 with its entrance on 17th Street, was supposed to have been the residence of Washington Irving and is popularly known as the Washington Irving HIouse. The Washington Irving Hlgh School for Girls, across Irving Place (east side between 16th and 17th Streets), erected a commemorative bust of Washington Irving in 1936, which faces this landmark. 1936\. V.P.A. Photo. Pederal Writers Project.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street (East) P.L. Sperr collection Rec'd November 13, 1945
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Historic Washington Irving House Southwest Corner of Irving Place and 17th St.
49 Irving Place image

49 Irving Place

Manhattan: Irving Place - 17th Street
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