As everyone who has seen the Jens Quistgaard documentary knows, JHQ designed an entire house for Dansk co-founder Ted Nierenberg and his wife Martha. The upstate NY home is an amazing structure in a dramatic location – and it is now on the market. Neierenberg passed away about a year ago, and apparently his family has decided to sell the estate.
The place is incredible. Almost every interior and exterior element was designed by JHQ himself. The woodwork is amazing, as is the brickwork. It has modern walls of glass and – in line with the rest of JHQ’s work – an almost medieval feel to the kitchen and imposing hearth. I posted some photos from the listing below – the teak in the bathroom and the ceiling beams are just amazing.
This is a one-of-a-kind monument – even just seeing photos is amazing. Can you imagine just buying this place? I know Quistgaard did some other architectural work, but nothing like this. How cool would my pepper mill collection would look in there? All I need to do is move across the country and come up with a cool $7,000,000 (which appears to be a bargain in that neighborhood, believe it or not).
I can only hope that whoever buys it appreciates the work that went into it and doesn’t attempt to renovate with a heavy hand.
You can see the listing through Sotheby’s Realty here.
