New York City’s own Palace of Versaille in East Harlem

There is a unique apartment in East Harlem, New York that is said to be New York’s version of the Palace of Versailles in France. This is now on the market priced at $10 million.

The apartment is part of a neo-Romanesque-style building. It is awash with gilded moldings, marquetry wood flooring, intricately painted plaster ceilings, French marble Louis XVI fireplace, 18th-century Chinese wallpaper, leather doors, and tall ceilings.

The apartment has three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a living room, an entry vestibule, a library, an eat-in kitchen, a formal dining room, and the master suite has a huge dressing room. All the rooms have a Versailles theme with elaborate finishes, furniture, fabrics, and collections.

New York City’s own Palace of Versaille in East Harlem is listed by Nikki Field of Sotheby’s International Realty in New York City, New York.

The foyer has a small wooden round table with a vase and chandelier on top. These are then surrounded by wallpaper filled with landscape. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is the other view of the foyer. Here you can see that there is a comfortable cushioned sofa on the side of the door. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

The living room has an abundance of natural lighting that pairs well with the various decorations and luxurious furniture. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a look at the other side of the living room. You can see that there are various decorations as well as a large wooden cabinet. On the far side is the entrance to the library and dining room. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is a view of the entire living room from the vantage of the dining room door. Here you can see the detailed floor and the various sitting areas awash with natural lighting from the windows. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is the other side of the wall beside the entrance to the library and dining room. It has a built-in cushioned bench in an alcove for a nice reading nook. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

The dining room is surrounded by bookshelves and various decorations. These are then complemented by the intricate and colorful details of the ceiling that hangs a chandelier over the dining table. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is another view of the dining room. On the side of the round wooden dining table is a small console table flanked by windows with intricate details on its frames. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

The kitchen also has a an abundance of details and intricate designs. It can be seen on its ceiling, cabinetry, floor and entryway. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com. — The kitchen also has an abundance of details and intricate designs. It can be seen on its ceiling, cabinetry, floor and entryway. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

The spacious primary bedroom has a large wooden sleigh bed topped with a chandelier. These are then complemented by the wallpaper. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This other bedroom has green wallpaper filled with intricate details. This provides a contrast to the ceiling, floor and bed. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

The walk-in closet of the primary bedroom has consistent dark wooden tones to its built-in cabinets, shelves and racks to pair with the ceiling. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

This is the home office of the apartment that also doubles as the den. It has detailed wallpaper, a green sofa set and a wooden desk under a chandelier hanging from the detailed ceiling. Image courtesy of Toptenrealestatedeals.com.

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It’s a wide gap to bridge from East Harlem to the Palace of Versailles in France, but Howard Slatkin, interior designer to collectors worldwide, pulled it off. Clearly an avid collector himself, it takes a designer/collector to know how to display collections so that they can be lived with and shown to their best advantage.

It was a long road from the time he bought two adjacent units in the 15-story Brisbane House, the 33 months it took to combine them, and the 17 years it took to complete his canvas. The building itself was built by Arthur Brisbane who was an editor for the Hearst organization. The neo-Romanesque-style building was converted to a co-op in 1978 with 59 apartments. When Brisbane completed the building in 1928, he took the top three floors for himself, accessed by a private elevator.

At that time, his triplex had 30 rooms and 18 bathrooms. Howard Slatkin’s apartment is part of that original layout. When Mr. Slatkin completed the project, he wrote a book about it, Fifth Avenue Style: A Designer’s New York Apartment, published by Vendome Press in 2013.

It’s like stepping back into the 17th century and expecting Marie Antoinette to come rushing into the room. Awash with gilded moldings, marquetry wood flooring, intricately painted plaster ceilings, French marble Louis XVI fireplace, 18th-century Chinese wallpaper, leather doors, and tall ceilings. In addition to the three bedrooms and four baths, the living room and the entry vestibule opens to a long gallery off of which are a south-facing library and eat-in kitchen.

There is a formal dining room and the master suite has a huge dressing room with built-ins. The Versailles theme carries through every room with elaborate finishes, furniture, fabrics, and collections. Mr. Slatkin will be taking most of the furnishings to a pied-à-terre he will be keeping in the city while he’s building a new house in Maine. For more information.

New York City’s own Palace of Versaille in East Harlem, designed by the collector, author and interior designer to collectors worldwide, is now on the market priced at $10 million.

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