December 24, 1888 - ROBERT ENGAGES JOSEPH BURR TIFFANY FOR INTERIOR DESIGN

Joseph Burr Tiffany, nephew of Louis Comfort Tiffany, designs the mansion’s first floor rooms in a variety of historical styles: the entry hall and dining room are English Jacobean, the formal “white and gold” salon is Louis XVI, the library is Flemish Medieval, and the parlor is American Colonial. Tiffany agrees to complete the work in four months.

Pictured, Tiffany’s detail for the dining room