Somerset House is a vintage furniture and design gallery and studio in a fourth-floor Long Island City loft, founded by Alan Eckstein and Haley Loewenthal. It began as a retail space housing a growing collection of vintage furniture and collectible objects sourced from their interior design and staging projects, and quickly evolved into a gallery and studio.
The collection draws on design movements and eras from Italian and Danish Modern to hints of Baroque and Primitive, favoring pieces and combinations that are unusual while standing the test of time. Current inventory includes a Kaare Klint 'Barcelona' chair for Rud Rasmussen (c. 1937), Ettore Sottsass's 'Cometa' floor lamp (c. 1970), a Gino Sarfatti Arteluce floor lamp (c. 1950), a Jacques Grange upholstered divider, Pierre Jeanneret teak desks and chairs, and a Paul László 'Brentwood' coffee table, alongside lighting, mirrors, paintings and decorative objects. Visits by appointment, Monday to Friday; the full inventory is also available to rent.
