A Vanderbilt House Party - The Gilded Age | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Saturday 25 May 2019
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Fringe-eared Oryx hanging out

Fringe-eared Oryx Info

Mix of Nile Lechwes and Thomson's Gazelles

Nile Lachwes Info

Thomson's Gazelle Info

Ostrich with ant mounds in the background

"Oh, a group of humans coming by me."

"So, do you have any questions about this Grassland area?" asks the Ostrich

Wondering elephant

Couple of Greater Kudu

Greater Kudu info

Bigger group of Greater Kudu

Herd of Thomson's Gazelles

Going over to the other Addra Gazelles

Addra Gazelle info

Closer view of Fringe-ear Oryx

Animals on the Safari ride p1

Animals on the Safari ride p2

Animals on the Safari ride p3

Lounging brown bear

"Oh this sun is so hot!"

Polar bear climbing up to flip backwards

Look at his flip!

Polar bear having fun with bag flips - seen from above

Swimming back to climb out and do it again

Seeing his flips from below

Harbor Seal information

Sea Lion Information

Sea lions and Harbor seals having fun - seen from above

Sea lions and Harbor seals playing - seen from below

Artic Mural (going backwards)

Cougar lounging

Human watching time

Great scratching post

Batting at the ball

Cougar scratching the branch

The elephants hanging out over here

View off the patio

A Vanderbilt House Party - The Gilded Age

The Vanderbilt Family at the statue in the front

House plants to welcome you in

Winter Garden glass above

The middle of the Winter Garden

3D artwork along the wall

Great details in the ceiling

Breakfast room lounge area

Real photos of George Vanderbilt, and Adele and James Burden

The Salon - view 1

The Salon - view 2

The flowers on the table in the Salon

The ceiling in the Salon

The Music Room - view 1

The Music Room - view 2

The Music Room - view 3

View towards the mountains out back

More mountain views

The Tapestry Gallery - view 1

The Tapestry Gallery - view 2

Beautiful flowers in the Tapestry Gallery

Martha and George in the Tapestry Gallery

Bookshelf in the Library

The Library - view 1

The Library - view 2

The Library above the mantel and ceiling view

Picture of George Vanderbilt

A globe near the Library Room

A tapestry without people in front of it.

View of the tapestry above this fire place

Nice grandfather clock

Bottom of the spiral staircase

A higher view of the staircase

Pauline Merrill and Cornelia Vanderbilt

Real pictures of Pauline and Cornelia

Artwork behind the people

Edith and George Vanderbilt

Real pictures of Edith and George

Beautiful piece of furniture

A bedroom - view 1

A bedroom - view 2

A bedroom - view 3

A bedroom - view 4

Real pictures of Cornelia and cousin John

Cornelia and cousin John in a room

Another great ceiling

Edith's office - view 1

Edith's office - view 2

Martha in Edith's room

Edith's bedroom - view 1

Edith's bedroom - view 2

View into the Banquet Hall from the hallway above

Third Floor Living Hall

Third floor Living Hall - view 2

Photos of the statue people in the Living Hall

The Third Floor Living Hall - view 3

Windows in the staircase

Details on the walls of the staircase

Upstairs hallway

Inside the Van Dyck Room

Room name card - Van Dyck

Inside the Madonna Room

Room card - Madonna Room

A different hallway

A different bedroom

View of the South Terrace from third floor

Sitting area of a bedroom

Bed side of the room

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 1

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 2

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 3

Sign for Louis XV Room

Louis XV Room - view 1

Louis XV Room - view 2

Louis XV Room - view 3

Louis XV Room - view 4

Bathroom for the Louis XV Room

More of the staircase

Basement staircase

Artwork in the staircase

Underground hallway

Further into the hallway

Mural room in the basement

Video played talking about the estate's history

Sitting room along the hallway

Piano in the sitting room along the hallway

Top view of the indoor pool

Full view of the indoor pool

Exercise room - view 1

Exercise room - view 2

Exercise room - view 3

Entry into the cold storage room

Where jarred food was kept

A servant's room

A different servant's room

Servant's dining room

Kitchen - view 1

Kitchen - view 2

Kitchen - view 3

Dumb waiter to send food upstairs

Downstairs dining

Information about William Matthews

Motor for air to the pipe organ

Serving dish closet

Pottery Storage

Glassware storage

Linens hang dry

Decoration up the stairs

Door to china room

China storage - view 1

Butler in the china room

China Storage - view 2

China Storage - view 3

Whole house call buttons

Banquet Hall - view 1

Real picture of Florence Twombly

Banquet Hall - view 2

The different people represented in the Banquet Hall

Pipe organ in Banquet Hall

Tapestry in Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall - view 3

Other tapestry in Banquet Hall

Taxidermy decorations in the Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall - view 4

The statues of the people listed on the sign

View above the fireplace in the Banquet Hall

The sign for the people gathered in the Banquet Hall

Serving Dishes decorating the Banquet Hall

Other upper view of the Banquet Hall

Billiard Room - view 1

Billiard Room - view 2

BilliardRoom - view 3

Wall decorations in Billiard Room

Sitting room - view 1

Sitting room - view 2

View of the field in front of the estate

Biltmore Estate

Walking around the Italian Garden

Landscape Highlights

Map of the Gardens and Trails

Walkway to the gardens

View of the Conservatory

Crossing the driveway to the Gardens

Entering the Walled Garden

Information about the Walled Garden

Information about Fredrick Law Olmsted who designed the Gardens

Entering the Rose Garden

Looking out through the covered walkway to the Rose Garden

Side view of the Rose Garden in early spring

Outside the Conservatory

Another view outside the Conservatory

Train track inside the Conservatory

The Gardens Railway in the Conservatory

Conservatory - view 1

Conservatory ceiling

A model of the house in the Conservatory

A model of the Conservatory

Information about the Conservatory

Beautiful plants

Garden Train going by...

Under the train track

Part of the Garden Railway outside the Conservatory

Model of the Estate stair wall

Along side of the Walled Garden

View of the back of the Biltmore Estate

Up close picture 1

Up close picture 2

Lion at the front of the house

The tigers who live here

Lounging around

Going on the prowl

Where are you going?

Leopard roaming

Lazy white tiger

Time to go somewhere

What do you see?

You keep watch, and I'll go this way.

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