Dining Room

The basic architectural elements of this room were designed by Crawley for the Fifth Avenue townhouse owned by Jay's father Henry. When Henry decided to move to the "country," Lake Success, the room and its furnishing were dismantled and reinstalled at Westbury in 1927. (Henry's heirs would later donate this country estate, Bonnie Blink, to the Great Neck School district and the former residence serves today as the district's administrative offices.)

The screen in the back left corners obscure the entrance to the warming room and the butler's pantry where food prepared in a basement kitchen was plated. 

On the south wall is a double portrait of Mrs. Henry Phipps, Jay’s mother, and her infant grandson, Winston Guest, painted by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).

Fine Art

left to right, facing the fireplace

• John Thompson, Esq., Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756-1823)
• William IV, when Duke of Clarence, Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788)
• British Officer in Red Coat, Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756-1823)
• Mrs. Henry Phipps and her Grandson (Winston Guest), 1906, John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)
• Richard Boyle, Earl of Shannon, Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)
• The Rt. Hon. Juliana, Viscountess Skerrin, Stephen Slaughter (English, 1697-1765)