Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To step into the Fifth Avenue apartment of Irene Roosevelt Aitken was to be transported to a grander, more sumptuous era. Bringing together furniture, paintings and decorative arts, this landmark series of sales offers objects acquired by one of New York's great patrons of the arts.
Don’t miss works by Fragonard, Lancret and Gainsborough alongside delightful Meissen porcelain birds, gilt-bronze and Blue John objets and rare Savonnerie carpets — with an impressive array of furniture by Chippendale, Cobb and Leleu.
Proceeds of the collection will go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection and the Morgan Library and Museum.
📅 Irene Roosevelt Aitken: Collector, Connoisseur, Patron | New York | 4–19 February
To step into the Fifth Avenue apartment of Irene Roosevelt Aitken was to be transported to a grander, more sumptuous era. Bringing together furniture, paintings and decorative arts, this landmark series of sales offers objects acquired by one of New York's great patrons of the arts.
Don’t miss works by Fragonard, Lancret and Gainsborough alongside delightful Meissen porcelain birds, gilt-bronze and Blue John objets and rare Savonnerie carpets — with an impressive array of furniture by Chippendale, Cobb and Leleu.
Proceeds of the collection will go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection and the Morgan Library and Museum.
📅 Irene Roosevelt Aitken: Collector, Connoisseur, Patron | New York | 4–19 February
