Tamara Mellon, cofounder and former chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo, is selling her duplex penthouse on Manhattan ’s Upper East Side, and there’s plenty of room for an extensive shoe collection. Her apartment is one of only four inside the former Amory S. Carhart Mansion, an elegant 1913 limestone landmark with a mansard roof and arched dormers. An elevator lets you out into the foyer. On the main level, a sunken living room features lofty ceilings, a loggia, and glass doors that open onto a terrace with limestone columns. There’s also a formal dining room with a wood-burning fireplace, a chef’s kitchen with skylights, and five bedrooms. The master suite has recessed arched windows, another fireplace, and a spacious dressing room. A staircase with a carved oak banister leads the way upstairs, where a library with a wall of built-in bookshelves and floor-to-ceiling casement doors opens onto a wraparound terrace with views of Central Park in the distance. The second floor also includes an office and kitchenette.
Stats 5 Bedrooms 4.5 Baths 7,140 sq. ft. $27 million
Contact: The Keith Copley Team, 212-337-6164; ellimanom
The building exudes old-world refinement.
There’s an expansive entryway.
The kitchen features a long breakfast bar.
The dining room has a fireplace.
Displaying books and other treasures is easy on the wall of shelving in the airy media room/library.
The sunken living room opens to a terrace.
Arched windows let in ample light in the master bedroom.
A peek inside the impressive dressing room.
Limestone columns are an elegant detail on a terrace.
