Level: 3A. Object
Content living inside a Group.
Pair of Lamps
Sharp angles and a dynamic mix of materials and finishes give these lamps a smart, clean, no-nonsense appeal. The lamps’ bases are made from Vitrolite, the same black, reflective, opaque glass used to clad the Wormser Bedroom walls. The brass arms and finials pick up other brass and gold accents used throughout the room, and […]
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Head
With an air of serenity and self-assuredness, this bust of a modern woman peered over Elaine when she sat at her dressing table. It was created by Vally Wieselthier, who was revered for her expressive figural clay sculptures. As a promoter of Viennese modernism, it is no surprise that Urban selected this bust for inclusion […]
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Ceiling
This bedroom’s ‘silvered’ ceiling was a high-finish detail Urban used in his own New York apartment, his Manhattan architectural office (1925), and several other private and public commissions. In addition to adding a sense of modernity and luxury, the ceiling reflected light and, like the polished glass walls, created a visual illusion that extended the […]
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Perfume Bottles
Get ready with Elaine. Explore her dressing table and the artworks around it.
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Ceramic Animals
Elaine Wormser began collecting nineteenth- and twentieth-century ceramic dog figurines before Joseph Urban was commissioned to design her bedroom. More than 20 ceramic pups, nestled into niches or atop shelves, are observed in archival photographs of the Wormser Bedroom. Accommodating this collection must have been one of the stipulations of Urban’s job. Their inclusion injects […]
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Dresser Boxes and Dishes
An array of fanciful, colorful enameled dishes and boxes, used to hold jewelry and other accoutrements, sat atop Elaine’s dressing table. Although they are unmarked, they are similar to small vessels made in Austria at the time. It is unclear whether Urban or Elaine added them to the room. In later years, Elaine recalled shopping […]
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