Ringling
House - Table of Contents
Architecture Around the World
Interior -
John & Mabel Ringling House Museum
5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota FL
Ringling House - Official Website
On this page below:
Introduction
Entrance
foyer
Dining
room
Parlor
Breakfast room
Ballroom
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Closer Look: The Ringling Mansion Ca' D'Zan: Cultured Elegance
 "John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World’s Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus. In addition to owning and managing many of the largest circuses in the United States, he was also a rancher, a real estate developer and art collector." - Wikipedia (online April 2024) "Mable died just three years after its [this house] completion in 1929, and life was never the same for John. A few months later, the stock market crashed. The Great Depression took nearly everything. In his dying days, he was penniless. To save his beloved Ca' d'Zan, he turned it over to the state before his death in 1936." - Laura Moody, "Sarasota's Ca' d'Zan is Filled with Architectural Beauty, and a Great Love Story" (online April 2024) "She [Mabel] was born in Moons, Ohio, on March 14, 1875. She had four sisters and one brother. Mable left her Ohio factory job and headed to Chicago in pursuit of a husband. There in Chicago, she met John Nicholas Ringling. They wed in Hoboken, New Jersey, when Mable was 30 and John was 39 years old. John and Mabel, in 1924, began the creation of their dream home in Sarasota, Florida. They called the house Cà d'Zan, meaning 'House of John'. Mable, however, played a much larger role in the creation of the home. In fact, the blueprints were titled Mrs. John Ringling's Home. Two years and one and a half million dollars later the home was finished. Mable hand picked items for her home at estate auctions and on her travels to Europe. She filled the home with Venetian style decor and several shades of green, because green was her favorite color. - Wikipedia (online April 2024) "With his wife, Mable, Ringling began accumulating a collection of Old Master paintings that they displayed in their homes in New York City; Alpine, New Jersey; and Sarasota. In New York's crowded auction rooms, they found a rich source of furnishings, tapestries, and paintings from the homes of wealthy and prominent families. In the 1920s, the Ringlings traveled annually to Europe to locate new circus acts, while also making purchases of art objects." - Ringling Docents.org, Biographies of John and Mable (online April 2024)
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 Entrance foyer Faux painted column Room from a different angle, below:  Entrance foyer Baroque Louis XIV armchair Gilded Baroque twisted/spiral column Flemish tapestries  Entrance foyer at right Gilded Baroque twisted/spiral column  Entrance foyer Gilded Baroque twisted/spiral column acanthus leaves  Entrance foyer Gilded Baroque armchair Neoclassical style footstool Three armchair details below:  Entrance foyer Gilded Baroque armchair C scrolls S scrolls Center shell  Entrance foyer Gilded Baroque armchair S scroll arm support  Entrance foyer Gilded Baroque armchair S scroll legs with acanthus leaf-decorated stretchers  Entrance foyer Venetian arched door Detail below:  Entrance foyer Dentil molding inside panels  Entrance foyer Ceiling with scrolling acanthus leaf-decorated panels  Entrance foyer Rococo Louis XV style sideboard Gilding Cabriole legs Black and white marble floor Two details below:  Entrance foyer Rococo Louis XV style sideboard Gilding Ribbons Acanthus leaves C scrolls  Entrance foyer Rococo Louis XV style sideboard Gilding Cabriole legs |
Dining Room  Dining room Floor to ceiling wainscot Jacobean style dining room table and chairs Room from a different angle below:  Dining room Floor to ceiling wainscot Jacobean style dining room table and chairs  Dining room Coffered ceiling made of carved plaster, not wood Ceiling detail below:  Dining room Plaster ceiling |
"Court"/Parlor  Parlor  Parlor Coffered stained glass (originally from Venice) ceiling  Parlor The"The beautiful crystal chandelier that hangs above is from the original Waldorf Astoria in New York that was torn down to build the Empire State Building."- Laura Moody, "Sarasota's Ca' d'Zan is Filled with Architectural Beauty, and aGreat Love Story" (online April 2024)  Parlor Coffered ceiling Crown molding Modillions Multicolored flute molding Frieze with classical faces and scrolling acanthus leaves above leaf-and-dart molding Bead-and-reel molding S Scroll buttress just above smooth shaft column  Parlor Frieze with classical faces and scrolling acanthus leaves above leaf-and-dart molding Bead-and-reel molding S Scroll buttress just above smooth shaft column  Parlor Modillions Coffered ceiling  Parlor Modillions Coffered ceiling Detail below:  Parlor Coffered ceiling  Parlor Baroque Louis XIV armchair, detailed below:  Parlor Baroque Louis XIV armchair  Parlor Neoclassical statue, fireplace, fireplace bench, floor lamps decorated with acanthus leaves Andirons Three details below:  Parlor Neoclassical fireplace Cornice decorated with dentil molding, egg-and-dart molding Frieze panel decorated with putti , festooons Paneled side jambs topped with S scrolls Andirons  Parlor Cornice decorated with dentil molding, egg-and-dart molding Frieze panel decorated with putti , festooons Paneled side jambs topped with S scrolls Andiron, detailed below:  Parlor Andiron: Classical female figure holding a flaming urn Plinth decorated with flanking S scrolls, cartouche flanked by C scrolls  Parlor Baroque Louis XIV armchair Rococo Louis XV style desk, detailed below:  Parlor Baroque Louis XIV armchairs Rococo Louis XV style desk |
Breakfast Room  Breakfast room  Breakfast room  Breakfast room  TBreakfast room he  Breakfast room  Breakfast room |
Ballroom  Ballroom Gilded coffered ceiling Dance floor  Ballroom Gilded coffered ceiling  Ballroom One of 26 different canvases of dancers, each depicting a different nationality  Ballroom One of 26 different canvases of dancers, each depicting a different nationality  Ballroom One of 26 different canvases of dancers, each depicting a different nationality  Ballroom Gilded Baroque twisted/spiral column, detailed below:  Ballroom Gilded Baroque twisted/spiral collumn Grape leaves  Ballroom Baroque Louis XIV armchair and floor lamp Two chair details below:  Ballroom Baroque Louis XIV armchair Gilded, carved back Flemish scrolls Acanthus leaves  Ballroom Baroque Louis XIV armchair S scrolls and acanthus leaves Turned stretchers  Ballroom Baroque setting Three details below:  Ballroom Baroque mirror  Ballroom Baroque couch Detail below:  Ballroom Baroque couch Stretchers decorated with gadroons couchcouch couch couch |
