In the gallery of Bruno’s Tuxedo Park home, a stone table bought online displays a 1970s sculpture found at an antiques mall.
Michael Bruno has many collections, but his greatest passion is real estate.
Bruno’s main house in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., designed by John Russell Pope in 1900
The back of the house, overlooking a lake
The 1901 Loomis Laboratory
The Tuxedo Park casino
The Tuxedo Park boathouse
His large collection of animal-motif items includes a pair of plaster camel trophies, monkey figurines, and a nearly 5-foot-tall black rooster. The animals “uplift the rooms, make them fun,” he says.
Bruno’s office contains more animal-motif pieces, including a pair of resin tusks, along with carved wooden mushroom sculptures and other objects with presence and weight.
Limited-edition contemporary furnishings, such as Marc Newson’s Lockheed Lounge, are on the upswing
Midcentury modern pieces, such as this Charles Eames storage unit, have finally peaked