Slipping under the radar is this landmark house, owned by Theodore D. Nierenberg, founder and president of Dansk, whose cookware, flatware and dinnerware embodied Scandinavian Modernism for many Americans. Listed at seven and a half million dollars, the house is here in Westchester County, in a neighborhood better known for the headquarters of IBM headquarters and massive McMansions. Utterly unique, Nierenberg’s house was the only building planned by Dansk’s chief designer, Jens Quistgaard.
Sarah Froelich, who recently completed her MFA in Design Criticism at School of Visual Arts, wrote her thesis on Dansk and pointed me toward the house itself. Sarah, who has uncovered a huge amount of new material on Dansk, notes that the house is still being lived in by the original family. As a neighbor, I’ve heard of its lush 18 acre garden, long a destination of local garden clubs. In this respect, it resembles Manitoga, the home and estate of 20th century industrial designer Russel Wright. Sarah is currently trying to find a buyer for the Nierenberg house who will keep it and its gardens intact.
