Moorish Smoking Room, The Worsham-Rockefeller House. New York, built circa 1864–65, remodeled circa 1881. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and John D. Rockefeller III, 46.43
Long-Term Installation
Decorative Arts Galleries, 4th Floor
Period Rooms
The Brooklyn Museum collection includes twenty-three complete period rooms. In order to preserve these premier examples of American architecture and interior design, these rooms were disassembled and moved from their original locations up and down the East Coast, then reassembled and furnished for display in the galleries.
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Schenck Houses
Nicholas Schenck House
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