Westmoreland, The Frick
Westmoreland, the first Café inside the Frick Collection, designed to harmonise with its historic setting through floral motifs, rich colours, bespoke furnishings, and artful references to the museum's collection and garden.
Westmoreland is the first Café established inside the storied Frick Collection on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, as part of Selldorf Architects’ renovation of that institution. Situated adjacent to Russell Page’s beloved garden, the Westmoreland’s design reflects the natural world through floral motifs on the bar surrounds, a palette of deep greens and soft pastels, and Darren Waterston’s breathtaking mural, which envelops the foyer and the frieze of the main dining space. Selldorf’s established palette of marble floors and walls is complemented by custom plaster mouldings and abstract chandelier medallions, from which Selldorf’s Seguso pendants hang. Our design for the custom millwork of the bar and wait station reflect a contemporary take on stylistic influences from the period during which the original Frick mansion was built. Custom furnishings subtly reference pieces from The Frick Collection itself, with bespoke dining chairs nodding to Elsie de Wolfe’s chinoiserie influence and a striking central borne in the foyer clad in mohair green, reminiscent of Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Sir Thomas More.
Type
Public
Year
2025
Location
New York
