Gilded Age, New York

Two of the most influential arbiters of taste were Edith Wharton, the aristocratic New York writer of Novels and Essays, and Ogden Codman Jr., an Architect and Interior Designer. 

Ogden Codman Jr. House in Manhattan, abandoned 1927

They co-wrote the book The Decoration of Houses, which emphasized clean, simple lines hearkening back to Georgian proportion, decorative styles and colors. This was in direct revolt of the over-done, heavily decorated houses of the Victorian Era.

Henry Poor House, Gramercy Park North,

Henry Poor Drawing Room Interior Design by Stanford White

Pulitzer Mansion

Pulitzer Interior

Harkness Mansion

Taylor Mansion

 Woolworth Mansion

Woolworth Mansion

Mr. Woolworth

Burden Mansion (left) and Hammond Mansion (right)

Otto Kahn Mansion

Unidentified Mansion 

Tiffany Mansion

Percy Pyne Mansion

Sloan Mansion

Rhinelander Mansion

 Warburg Mansion

Warburg Interior

De Lamar Mansion

Fletcher Mansion

Cook Mansion

Frick Mansion

Duke Mansion

Andrew Carnegie Mansion

WC Whitney Mansion

WC Whitney Ballroom

WC Whitney

Schwab Mansion

Schwab Floor Plans

Mrs. Astor's  Mansion

Mrs. Astor's Floor Plans

Mrs. Astor's  Stairhall

Mrs. Astor's Ballroom

Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion

Cornelius Vanderbilt II Floor Plans

Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion Interior

Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion

William H. Vanderbilt and Cornelius V. Vanderbilt III Mansion 640 Fifth Avenue
William K. Vanderbilt Mansion 660 Fifth Avenue

Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion