This exhibition reveals the most sumptuous moment in late nineteenth-century America—a period known as the Gilded Age—through the work of some of the most noted design firms at the time. The centerpiece of the three-part exhibition is the opulent Worsham-Rockefeller Dressing Room from the New York City house commissioned by art collector and philanthropist Arabella Worsham (later Huntington; ca. 1850–1924). Read more.
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Worsham-Rockefeller Dressing Room, designed and executed by George A. Schastey & Co. (1873-1897), New York City, 1881-82. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2008
Detail of a door surround in the Worsham- Rockefeller Dressing Room, designed and executed by George A. Schastey & Co. (1873- 1897), New York City, 1881-82. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2008
Detail of a full-length dressing glass cabinet in the Worsham-Rockefeller Dressing Room, designed and executed by George A. Schastey & Co. (1873-1897), New York City, 1881-82. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Museum of the City of New York, 2008
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