Ah, the dangers of scheduling before I have the post finished. I meant to include a few details about this dome, which you might be pardoned for believing was in a European church. However, it’s in the Anthropologie store in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. But imagine this in your home! It was in a home.
Anthropologie’s store on Rittenhouse Square was originally the Fell-Van Rensselaer House. Sarah Drexel Fell (yes, of that Drexel Family) was widowed and then married Alexander Van Rensselaer. The house was completed in 1898. The original Tiffany dome and a ceiling with portraits of Italian Dodges, as well as fireplaces and some details remain.
The rest of the store is very elegant as well.
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Love it! The colours are just amazing!
Can you imagine having that in your actual house?? It’s even amazing in a store, but in a real house it must have been stunning.
That would be fantastic to have it in your house!
It’s so beautiful; I’d never want to leave home 😍
It was a seriously beautiful space, one I could easily live in if I could afford it. 🙂
I totally understand that!
That’s a nice one. Suspect Becky will recognise this 🙂 🙂
Nope never saw it! But we were only in Philadelphia a couple of days
There’s so much to see in Philly that it’s hard to decide if you only have a short time.
So true! We did enjoy our visit 😊
So much of our history is there and for a history buff like myself, that’s a big plus. But it’s also got lot of art and other things.
Yes we enjoyed the art and a few architectural/historic walks
I forgot to put in the information initially, so you won’t know that enormous store was once a real house, so this would have been part of that house. Hard to imagine, isn’t it?
I have to admit, I just looked and thought it was in a church, Janet. I didn’t read it. 🙂
I forgot to add the explanation until this morning, so you may have come when it was just the photo.
Right after I sent that last response I glanced up at what you responded to and realized I’d already told you that. 🙂 Must be time for a glass of wine and no, I haven’t had one yet.
Join me! 🙂 🙂
Beautiful
Quite something to have in a store, that’s for sure.
An outstanding capture of a gorgeous dome
We visited the store just to see this and some of the other original features that were in there when it was an actual house. Well worth it.
It’s beautiful!
Just what everyone should have in their home, don’t you think? 🙂
I wouldn’t want to get up to clean every year, but it’s lovely.
No kidding! I have enough to do just cleaning our house. 🙂
Me too!
But I imagine that would take professionals and if you could afford a house like this, you could and would pay for someone to do all those sorts of jobs.
True!
Wow! What an amazing cupola. Missed this when I was in Philadelphia.
It’s in the Anthropolgie store in Rittenhouse Square. Our daughter, who lives there, knew about it otherwise I never would have known or visited. There are other wonderful features left from when it was an actual “house”, too.
How wonderful. On the list should we ever return 🙂
That looks like something in a cathedral more than something in a home– or a modern store. Wow.
A house the size of this one is more like a cathedral than any house I’ve ever been in and of course that older style lends itself to that look. It must have been quite a place!
oh how beautiful! what a store it must be! great find, Janet! 🙂 🙂
Thanks, Wilma. It’s truly beautiful.
Love it! Very colourful and elegant indeed!
It really is breath-taking, Teresa.