The 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse was held in this spectacular Upper East Side brownstone that is currently on the market for a cook $75,000,000 (yep, that's 6-zeros!).Per the Sotheby's listing:
"This grand and elegant neo-Italian Renaissance mansion is exceptionally wide (45’) and one of the largest and most important townhouses in New York. Commissioned in 1922 by Julius Forstmann, a prominent German merchant, the house was designed by C.P.H. Gilbert, the renowned architect who created majestic mansions for the leading families of the city. Behind a stately and distinguished limestone façade are five floors with an additional garden level and a full sub-basement comprising a total of approximately 21,000 +/- sq ft. The dramatic entrance foyer leads to a magnificent reception hall and grand-scaled rooms which feature many superb original details, including a spectacular sweeping marble staircase, an enormous skylight, marble fireplace surrounds, hand-carved moldings, and soaring high ceilings. This extraordinary townhouse offers the rare opportunity to own a Manhattan landmark with the versatility of luxury residential or trophy commercial use."
Handpainted mural wallcoverings by Boston artist Susan Harter in the entranceway at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. She says she was inspired by the recent butterfly exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.(Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy of Newsday)
A second-floor landing designed by Christopher Corcoran at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. It includes open fretwork panels finished in a high-gloss lacquer positioned in front of the existing marble walls.(Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy Newsday)
A portion of the building's staircase by Amy Lau Design for Maya Romanoff at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Lau worked with paper artist Jo Lynn Alcorn to create the three-dimensional cut flowers on the walls between the second and third floors. (Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy of Newsday)
Designer Christopher Coleman's lounge at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House featuring fashions by Angel Sanchez. The room includes a ping pong table in polished steel. (Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy of Newsday)
A room decorated by Huntington-based Eileen Kathryn Boyd at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House.(Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy Newday)
Designed by Charlotte Moss
Designed by Charlotte Moss
The grand salon designed by Bunny Williams at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. The room features a hand-painted sisal rug.(Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy of Newsday)
Design by Juan Montoya
A lounge designed by Charles Pavarini III Design Associates at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Pavarini designed furniture featured in the room. (Photo by Charles Eckert. Image courtesy of Newsday)
