Please, Met: Don’t Touch the Neue Galerie Design Shop
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As far as I know, there’s only one shop in New York where you can find Lobmeyr cognac snifters, a “ruffle fantasy” detachable collar, Josef Hoffmann library steps, Steiff teddy bears, a silk-lined Swarovski-crystal-beaded waist cincher for the Fraus,sterling-silver Koloman Moser napkin rings, a jump rope with hand-oiled walnut handles, and a pitcher painted with a leaping stag all in one place: theNeue Galerie Design Shop. There’s even a department dedicated to theHund, where you can find a $980 hand-tailored dog daybed, linen “resort” harness, and made-in-Vienna leather carrying rucksack, all modeled by a chocolate schnauzer named Theodoroa. Tucked into the ground floor of the German and Austrian art museum a few steps away from the (also excellent) bookstore and Café Sabarsky, it is, in my mind, the most consistently delightful, elegant, and just kooky enough store in New York.
Yesterday, it was announced that the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be taking over the Neue Galerie, and by 2028 it will become the Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie. The Met released a somewhat vaguestatementsaying the combined museum will continue to “welcome visitors” to its shops along with the galleries and Café Sabarsky. So we wondered,Does that mean the Design Shop continues as it is now or becomes more like the Met’s gift shops, which have found success in part by collaborating with everyone from Pacsun to Band-Aid?With that in mind, we have just one request: Please don’t touch the gift shop. (Or the schnitzel, but that’s a plea for another day.)
Some things we love from the Neue Galerie Design Store
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