Salvager: Intact Fancy Wall
We have to say we weren’t expecting such a serious piece of architectural salvage to pop up so early in the game, but we’ll chalk it up to beginner’s luck. This entire wall/room divider is coming out of an 1899 house in Carroll Gardens because the owner’s doing a big reno and, lovely as it…
We have to say we weren’t expecting such a serious piece of architectural salvage to pop up so early in the game, but we’ll chalk it up to beginner’s luck. This entire wall/room divider is coming out of an 1899 house in Carroll Gardens because the owner’s doing a big reno and, lovely as it is, the piece doesn’t fit into the new plans. Her loss is your gain. Contact info on in the Forum. If anyone can comment on the architectural significance of the piece, we’d surely appreciate it.
Fancy Wall [Brownstoner Forum]
The house I grew up in in Park Slope had a similar divider on the parlor floor, we always assumed it was original. The house was built around 1890.
My 1899 Lefferts Manor house has a similar divider between the front and middle parlor as do other houses in the row done by the same builder (W.A.A. Brown). They’re certainly original here, but my impression is that most Carroll Gardens houses are earlier, so this might well be an addition fron the turn of the last century.
What I meant is that it wasn’t there on day 1… like tin cielings and other old-looking things, not everything is “original”.
It’s certainly right in the period and probably original.
1899 was about 100 years ago. So, original?
Those “lattice-work” are common in carroll gardens, but they are not “original”.. they were trendy about 100 years ago (I was told this by someone). Notice how the wall is very close to the fire-place, which would not of made sense in a traditional brownstone layout where the seating was around the fireplace. I’d say either get rid of the wall or the fire place, depending on your preference.
Removing that kind of original detail is a stunningly bad idea.
Gorgeous!