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6. Aug. 2013 · Fancy dress ensemble, “Electric Light,” worn by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at the 1883 Vanderbilt Ball. 1883. Museum of the City of New York. 51.284.3A-H. At exactly 11:30 the ball began with the hobby-horse quadrille, the first of five quadrilles where the young people of society danced down the grand staircase in lavish costumes.
This carved and inlaid panel was created for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street (demolished 1925-27). Working for the architect George B. Post, the artist John La Farge created a lavish decorative program, to which Saint-Gaudens contributed many of the sculptural elements. The panel features the date of the ...
The largest home in New York City ever built at the time, and still the largest home ever built there, the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion was truly a masterpiece. Occupying an entire full block, it had around 130 rooms. Among those rooms was a ballroom, an art gallery/dining room, a grand salon, small salon, drawing room, library, water color ...
29. Aug. 2023 · Step into the opulent world of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and take an exclusive tour of Manhattan's most extravagant home that once stood as a monument to unpar...
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Cornelius Vanderbilt ( 27 mai 1794- 4 ianuarie 1877), cunoscut și sub numele de poreclă Commodore (Comandantul), a fost un industriaș american și filantrop care a făcut avere în transportul maritim și în industria feroviarǎ. El a fost patriarhul familiei Vanderbilt și unul dintre cei mai bogați americani din istorie. O universitate la care a donat 1 milion de dolari a fost denumită ...
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II and her daughters, Gladys and Gertrude, having tea in the library at The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island (William Bruce Ellis Ranken, 1932) Alice was responsible for constructing several massive family houses, including the enlargement of 1 West 57th Street , making it the largest private residence ever built in an American city at the time.
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