Gallery
Interior
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- The reception room at 67 East 93rd Street is decorated with cheerful yellow walls, architectural drawings, and a French early-nineteenth-century wallpaper by Dufour.
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- The oval dining room at 67 East 93rd Street features beautiful hand-cut marble flooring installed by the Bakers in the late 1920s when the house was built.
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- The grand spiral staircase at 67 East 93rd Street.
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- The drawing room at 67 East 93rd Street.
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- The Drawing Room features several Felix Kelly paintings portraying Edgewater and Roper House.
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- View of Drawing Room, looking into third floor hallway.
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- The drawing room at 69 East 93rd Street with an elegant Adam-style Philadelphia mantel, circa 1800 by Robert Wellford.
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- Floor plan of the George F. Baker House at 67 East 93rd Street
Exterior
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- No. 67 East 93rd Street was built as a residence for George F. Baker at age 90. The arched doorway on the right (69 East 93rd Street) led to the Bakers’ carriage house.
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- A side view of 69 East 93rd Street with its paired Ionic columns.
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- A side view of 69 East 93rd Street with its paired Ionic columns.
Collection
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Portrait of Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825)
by Charles Wilson Peale, 1819
oil on canvas
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Portrait of George Fisher Baker (1840-1931)
by Frank Owen Salisbury, 1931
oil on canvas
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Portrait of Governor DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828)
after John Wesley Jarvis, early nineteenth century
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- Revue Militaire a West Point, by Jean Zuber & Cie
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- Detail of Revue Militaire a West Point, by Jean Zuber & Cie
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Chinese Export Porcelain Pistol-handled Urn
circa 1800-1810
porcelain
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Porcelain de Paris Urn
Anonymous, circa 1810-1820
porcelain
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Porcelain de Paris Coffee Pot (part of a nine-piece service)
Anonymous, circa 1800
porcelain
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Le panoramique Les Fêtes de La Grèce et Jeux Olympiques
by Dufour and LeRoy
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Hudson River Portfolio: New York from Governor’s Island
after William Guy Wall and John Hill
published by Megary, Henry J. & W.B Gilley, New York: 1821-1825
hand-colored etching and aquatint
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French Empire Chandelier
circa 1810
gilt bronze, cut glass
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Russian Neoclassical Twelve-Light Chandelier
first part of nineteenth century
gilt bronze and cut glass
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French Mantel Clock – “The Astronomy Lesson”
designed by Jean-André Reiche, made by Claude Galle, circa 1810
gilt bronze
This clock depicts an astronomy lesson between a mother and daughter. Female scholarship was a favored motif of Reiche’s; he produced several clock designs with women reading and studying.
