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| 17th-Century Burgundian Library | PERMANENT COLLECTION
Twenty magnificent rooms at the House Museum are open to the public, filled with the extraordinary collection Mr. and Mrs. Rosen amassed through the years: Renaissance, 18th century, and Eastern art objects and furnishings - tapestries, sculpture, paintings, textiles, furniture, exquisite wall coverings, stained glass, Urbino Maiolica and a major jade collection. Entire rooms were imported from European palaces and country manors.
The 17th century Burgundian Library, exceptional for its vaulted, periwinkle-blue ceiling decorated with 13 biblical scenes. Walls and doors are decorated with 65 additional paintings.
Of special note is the lovely Reception Room, with exquisite hand
painted 18th century wallpaper from China, and a suite of 18th
century furniture, from a Venetian dressmaker's shop.
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| The Dining Room | The restored Cabinet Room consisting of lacquered panels, created for the Palazzo Riccasoli in Turin in the middle of the 18th century. Very few of these once numerous lacquered rooms have survived, though they were very fashionable in England, France, Portugal and Germany as well as in Italy.
The Dining Room, lined in stunning 18th century Chinese wallpaper,
made for the European market, contains a set of fourteen exquisite red-lacquered chairs, built by the English cabinetmaker Giles Grendey for the Duke of Infantado's castle of Lazcano near San Sebastian, Spain. Also in the Dining Room is an outstanding eight-fold Chinese screen with 40 panels of carved spinach-green jade set in an original carved
teak frame. The screen, considered unique, depicts the Hills of
Immortality, the paradise of Taoist religion.
Caramoor's House Museum is really the most wonderful place ...
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The Adoration of the Infant Christ
Tin-enameled terra cotta relief |
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~ William Rieder
Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The palatial Music Room contains sculptures, paintings, 16th century tapestries, wrought iron, stained glass, and carved pilasters and an outstanding collection of Urbino Maiolica. Bergeres, sofas and tabourets are upholstered in a needlework cornucopia of fruit and foliage. Wonderful wood carving decorates the sgabelli, chests, credenzas, trestle tables and a magnificent cassapanca created for the marriage of Piero di Bracio Alberti and Cassandra Dino in Florence in 1599. Among the fine art works are a very fine 13th century Head of Kuan Yin, a painting by Lucas Cranach (1472-1533), tin-enameled terra cotta reliefs from the workshop of Andrea della Robbia (1437-1528).
In the Master Bedroom the huge gilded bed which once belonged to Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII, (1568-1644) takes center stage. In this room, as elsewhere throughout the house, are displayed photographs and portraits of family members, reminding the visitor that the House Museum
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| The Master Bedroom | was originally a family home.
If you plan to come with a group, please call the House Museum at 914.232.5035 ext. 221 or 223 to make plans in advance.
The docent-led tour takes the visitors back to another place in another time. Walter and Lucie Rosen built the estate as their summer home in the early part of the twentieth century to accomodate their vast collection of Asian and European art and furnishings: tapestries, paintings, sculpture, textiles, stained glass, furniture, cloisonné and a major jade collection. Caramoor is one of five famous mansions in the United States that incorporate entire rooms from European villas and palaces. The House Museum is a jewel awaiting your visit.
The House Museum will re-open May 3rd for tours Wednesday to Sunday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, with the last tour at 2:00pm. Tours by appointment only.
Tour price (including exhibition): $10.00; children under 16 free
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