Title
J.P. Morgan's study, Morgan Library, 2009
Creators and Contributors
Description
J.P. Morgan's study. One of a suite of three rooms in the original Morgan Library building, 33 East 36th Street. Built 1903-1906 ; Architect: Charles McKim of McKim, Meade & White. Morgan's study opens off the west side of the library's rotunda. The room's original furnishings remain intact and they are supplemented with additional works of art from the Morgan collection. The red silk wall coverings copy hangings from the Chigi Palace in Rome. Architect Charles McKim purchased the antique Italian wooden ceiling in 1905 but its exact origins remain unknown. The studio of Desiderio da Settignano is traditionally credited with creating the room's marble fireplace. Hanging above the fireplace is a portrait of Pierpont Morgan by painter Frank Holl.
Date Created
2009
Type of Resource
Photograph
Additional Information
General note:
1906
Digitized by Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.
Extent:
1 digital photograph- Pierpont Morgan Library
- Interior architecture
- Interior decoration
- Renaissance revival (Architecture) -- Italian influences
- Architecture, Italian -- 16th century
- Museum buildings
- Offices (Work spaces)
- Renaissance revival (Architecture)
- Architecture, Italian
- Fireplaces
- Coffered ceilings
- Works of art
- Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
