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The New York Apartment of Condé Nast, Esq.

Mattie Edwards Hewitt

Condé Nast Archive

Condé Nast Archive
New York, United States

Top: "The drawing-room of this duplex apartment has blue-green walls, with touches of gold on the cornice, and the curtains are of green damask, over blue taffeta under-curtains. On the floor is a beautiful Savonnerie rug in light gray, rose, and green. A mirror is set between the windows. The Louis XV furniture is covered with pale green damask." Bottom: "In the drawing-room is an eight-fold Chinese screen of black lacquer elaboratelt decorated, which stands behind a Régence needlepoint sofa. Near the entrance is an eighteenth-century black and gold lacquer table with Chinese decoration, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Beaufort. The ballroom may be seen through the door."

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  • Title: The New York Apartment of Condé Nast, Esq.
  • Creator: Mattie Edwards Hewitt
  • Creator Birth Date: 1869
  • Creator Death Date: 1956
Condé Nast Archive

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