tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post8963132724878162420..comments2024-03-25T05:06:18.799-04:00Comments on Half Pudding Half Sauce: The Long Island Residence of Ward Cheney at Peacock PointHalfPuddingHalfSaucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-18913968648018874742021-02-26T13:29:56.965-05:002021-02-26T13:29:56.965-05:00I am wondering what the Cheneys did for a diningro...I am wondering what the Cheneys did for a diningroom.Carol Landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653095107097940055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-87351246537289768812015-08-26T14:05:45.160-04:002015-08-26T14:05:45.160-04:00More photos of the interiors can be seen in Mauree...More photos of the interiors can be seen in Maureen Footer's book GEORGE STACEY AND THE CREATION OF AMERICAN CHIC.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-12473388192931405732014-05-24T18:54:41.366-04:002014-05-24T18:54:41.366-04:00I visited the house when at a family party in the ...I visited the house when at a family party in the late 70s. It was Danny and Katusha Davison's home then. As a young woman, I was completely taken with it and its natural elegance. It somehow didn't seem very big, it was livable, and its symmetry wasn't stilted. I distinctly remember two elephant tusks framing one of the doorways that led out of the center octagon/living room, and what was an elephant's foot as a wastebasket. Something that would ordinarily have horrified me seemed just part of it all when one of my friends told me their granny or great-granny had shot the poor beast in the 20s or 30s when on an elephant hunt on behalf of the NY Museum of Natural History. Everywhere in the house there were reminders of generations of the family, in a natural, slightly mussed, penultimately old-WASP way. The house was fabulous, and I have never forgotten either it or the sensation of entering that cool, spacious, soaring interior of the central octagon for the first time on what was a very hot summer's day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-43367845601768608652013-11-14T01:33:25.424-05:002013-11-14T01:33:25.424-05:00Too marvelous, isn't it?Too marvelous, isn't it? The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-41783273081229826222013-11-07T16:12:59.334-05:002013-11-07T16:12:59.334-05:00Its been in the Cheney/Davison family since its co...Its been in the Cheney/Davison family since its construction as far as I know. Until it comes on the market I could only guess what the interior looks like today. I would hope it hasn't change much? For a single or couple with no children the floor plan seems to work for entertaining. I think the blue-gray tone of the paint would work better then this shade of beige.HalfPuddingHalfSaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048968877751194418.post-92207673068093165572013-11-07T11:21:20.309-05:002013-11-07T11:21:20.309-05:00Cant imagine those art deco interiors survived nor...Cant imagine those art deco interiors survived nor the highly unusual almost awkward floor plan has survived either. Any info on the interiors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com