Gianni Versace’s former New York mansion goes on sale for $70 million
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The list states that the 1950 mansion gives the buyer the opportunity to “live like a royalty” and “own a piece of real estate and fashion history.”
Boasting 17 magnificently decorated rooms spread over six floors, the property overlooks the boundaries of Fifth Avenue and Central Park.
The floors are Italian marble and Austrian parquet. There are five fireplaces, painted walls and ceilings and mosaics.
Versace portrayed New York’s townhouse in a typical Italian baroque style. Credit: Travis Mark for Sotheby’s International Reality
The list goes on to say that “Versace’s intelligence and vision appears on the first four floors, each offering a designer’s legendary taste and spreading throughout the home,” the list goes on to say.
Each floor of the mansion has a different theme.
The entrance opens onto the marble staircase and gallery with a border of decorative Greek key patterns, and on the garden surface are hand-painted canvas walls inspired by the English neoclassical estate.
The rooftop has a gazebo and overlooks the downtown Manhattan Skyline. Credit: Travis Mark for Sotheby’s International Reality
On the third floor is a terrace resembling the vault of the Sistine Chapel, as well as restored 19th-century panels from the Florentine Plaza in Versace.
Upstairs offers a double bathroom spa listed as “the biggest in the city”, and fifth- and sixth-floor home bedrooms and a Moroccan-style media room.
Gianni Versace Credit: Globe Photos / Media Punch / AP
Versace was one of the most influential figures in fashion in the 20th century.
Her designs are known for their glamorous salutes and theatrical temperament, and are worn by pop culture royalties, including Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Lopez and Elton John.
