Monday, February 6, 2012

☞ REMEMBER: Harlem Brownstone Office c. 1912

An old photo taken circa 1912 shows the study room inside a Central Harlem brownstone on West 132nd Street.  The decorative style of the day that held true in the parlor floors would have also applied to each room so the requisite patterned rug, wall paper and framed pictures are all on hand in this most proper work space environment. An interesting design detail here is that the ceiling has been painted solid in a deeper color since the opposite lighter color is usually seen as more appropriate in adding a sense of open space.

Wurts Bros. New York, NY, 162 West 132nd Street. Wurts residence office ca. 1912, via the digital collection at the Museum of the City of New York
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3 comments:

  1. Sanou's mumFebruary 6, 2012 at 5:36 PM

    so my kind of decorating. Stuff all over the place. And not necessarily neatly.

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  2. westsiderFebruary 7, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    Love the gramophone in the right of the photo, the sound of a scratchy recording would be very atmospheric. I would like to see a historically correct brownstone for Harlem visitors much like the Tenement Museum downtown.

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  3. Melissa MoschittoFebruary 7, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    Westsider - I like your thinking! That would be fascinating! I love the Tenement Museum.

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