Albert Hadley’s sitting room for Mrs. John Hay Whitney served as inspiration for the curtains in Bruce Burstert’s music room. Funny how I had always been so focused on the vanity, that dreamy mirror, those wonderful lamps.
And, the room continues to evolve. The images from earlier today were taken a while ago. When I was there, there were new (old) portraits over the mantle and don’t miss that cut velvet on the wing chair.
Image, top, from Albert Hadley: The Story of America’s Preeminent Interior Designer by Adam Lewis.
I imagine these rooms smelling of old leather, pipe tobacco and limes.
Oh, and that mural! Is it hand painted wallpaper?
I do love these wonderful portraits! The mural is gorgeous and I bet it is hand painted.
Oh, that house is in my home town!