The Elms – Newport, Rhode Island

The Elms is a large mansion, facetiously a “summer cottage”, designed by architect Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938) for the coal baron Edward Julius Berwind (1848-1936), and was completed in 1901. Its design was copied from the Château d’Asnières in Asnières-sur-Seine, France.

The Elms is constructed with a steel frame with brick partitions and a limestone facade.

The gardens and landscaping were created by C. H. Miller and E. W. Bowditch, working closely with Trumbauer.

The interiors and furnishings were designed by Allard and Sons of Paris and were the setting for the Berwinds’ collection of Renaissance ceramics, 18th century French and Venetian paintings, and Oriental jades.

  

 

 

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