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| Rough Point (1887-92) (680 Bellevue Ave.) built for Frederick William Vanderbilt. Newport, RI. Architect: Peabody & Stearns. | Red sandstone oceanside facade of Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Rear garden against Rough Point facade. Newport, RI. | Facade details at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Rough Point, estate of Doris Duke, now run as a museum by Newport Restoration Foundation. Newport, RI. | Facade details at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Exterior lamp at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | View of Middletown, RI from Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Newport Cliff Walk shoreline & mansions seen from Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Newport Cliff Walk footbridge crosses property at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Oceanfront garden by Frederick Law Olmsted's firm at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Rocks which form Rough Point after which Duke House is named. Newport, RI. |
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| Great Staircase with portraits by old masters & at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Stained glass windows with crests of Magna Carta signatories installed by Horace Trumbauer during renovations (1922-3) at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Details of heraldic crests of Magna Carta Windows at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Details of heraldic crests of Magna Carta Windows at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Portrait of Charles II (c1641) by circle of Sir Anthony Van Dyck at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Caroline, 4th Duchess of Marlborough portrait (c1776) by Sir Joshua Reynolds at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Marchioness of Wellesley painting (1798) by John Hoppner at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Mrs. Charlotte Denison portrait (c1797) by John Hoppner at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Painting of young Doris Duke (1924) by John Da Costa at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | One of many flower arrangements at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Reliquary at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Great staircase hall ceiling at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Detail of Scipio Africanus: Battle of Zama tapestry (late 16thC) from Brussels at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Detail of Scipio Africanus: Battle of Zama tapestry (late 16thC) from Brussels at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Dining room fireplace & sitting area with French Regency furniture at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Flemish tapestry (1550s) in dining room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| The Annunciation painting (c1520) by Jacopo Palma il Vecchio at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Round side table with ceramic antiques in dining room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Regence Savonnerie four paneled screen with Fable de La Fontaine carpets mounted on panels (c1720) over sofa with Brussels Tapestry (late 17thC) at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Detail of Regence Savonnerie screen (c1720) showing de La Fontaine fable of sour grapes at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Boy standing beside table Italian painting (c1556) over antique chest at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Dining room table with silver swan centerpiece at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Silver centerpiece in shape of swan (1874) by Tiffany & Co. at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Reproduction valence made by volunteers at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Morning Room with oak paneling over fireplace at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | South German Baroque desk (early 18thC) in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Sofa with pillows written with humorous sayings as placed by Doris Duke in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | "Familiarity breeds" & "My Decision is Maybe and That's Final" pillows in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Portrait of a Lady (1618-80) by Joseph Highmore over chest (18thC) & other antiques in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Two portraits, Mrs. Hays (above) & Mrs. Sarah Amsinck in style of Sir Joshua Reynolds in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Portrait of Mrs. Hays (c1760) in style of Sir Joshua Reynolds at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Amsinck (c1755) in style of Sir Joshua Reynolds at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Visit of the Stadtholder Prince Frederik to Fleet of the States General at Dordrecht in 1646 painting (c1649) by Jan Van de Cappelle at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Shipping in an Estuary with Bathers in Foreground painting (c1650) possibly by Salvator Rosa of Italy at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Great Hall at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Great Hall gallery was used as a ballroom when Rough Point was built by the Vanderbilt family. Newport, RI. |
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| Great Hall fireplace flanked by art from collection of Doris Duke & her father, James B. Duke at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Great Hall ceiling at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Brussels gothic tapestry with courting scenes (c1510) in Great Hall at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | 3 German religious paintings (16thC) show Sts. Peter & Paul surrounded by a crowd of Roman Soldiers; St Julian the Hospitaler with a Carthusian Monk; Peter & Simon Magus before Emperor Nero in Rome, above a sorcerer and two devils at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Finding of Moses painting (17thC) by Genoese School at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Lady in Pearls painting (c1650) by Ferdinand Bol of Amsterdam at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Portrait of a Lady (17thC) by circle of Michael John Wright at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Portrait of Charles I (17thC) attrib. Jan Mijtens at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Portrait of Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport & George, Lord Goring (c1637) by Sir Anthony Van Dyck at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Portrait of Duc D'Alençon (c1571) in style of François Clouet at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Chinese Ming Dynasty latticework earthenware Fahua wine jar (1368-1644) at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Yellow Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Louis XV roll-top desk (mid 18thC) at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Genoese screen (c1750) by Lorenzo Ferrari at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Russian ivory& silver occasional table inlaid with the monogram of Catherine the Great (c1790) at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Portrait of a Lady holding two roses in style of Thomas Gainsborough at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Porcelain vase & pair of covered urns decorated with gold & black at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Crystal candle chandelier at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Music Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Music Room chandelier at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Music Room piano & harp at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Chair by Jean Baptiste Lelarge of France featuring Aubusson tapestry of fables of La Fontaine (c1780) in Music Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Antique hand-painted Chinese wallpaper over Louis XV/XVI ebony & lacquer cabinet (late 19thC) in Music Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Antique hand-painted Chinese wallpaper in Music Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Qing dynasty Chinese vases in Music Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Qing dynasty Chinese vase detail in Music Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | English musical automaton in form of pagoda (c1765) by John Henry Cox. RI. | Solarium with ocean view at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Solarium at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Detail of plant support track in solarium at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Pine Room was Doris Duke's private sitting room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Pine Room with Chinese prints at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Doris Duke's piano & her tape recorder to review practice sessions in Pine Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Pine Room fireplace at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Chinese watercolor with silver pheasants at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Wallpaper panel by Dufour at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Doris Duke's bedroom with mother of pearl furniture (c1820) by Johann Tanzwohl of Austria at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Settee & chair made of mother of pearl & upholstered with purple brocade by Johann Tanzwohl of Austria (c1820) at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Doris Duke's bedroom with easy chair & round table inlaid with mother of pearl at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Dressing table inlaid with mother of pearl in Doris Duke's bedroom at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Mother of pearl side chair of (c1820) by Johann Tanzwohl of Austria & semi round table in Doris Duke's bedroom at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Fireplace with Renoir painting in Doris Duke's bedroom at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Young blonde girl sewing painting (1875) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Doris Duke's dressing room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Butler's pantry with small door to pass food from kitchen & warming oven at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Breakfast tray in butler's pantry at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Butler's pantry with refrigerator by Jewett Refrigerator Co. of Buffalo, NY at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Kitchen at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Range & fireplace in kitchen at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Copper pans in kitchen at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Meat grinder, mixer & blender in kitchen at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Kitchen garden beside Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Kitchen garden beside Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Dill in kitchen garden beside Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Hollyhocks in kitchen garden beside Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Daisies in kitchen garden beside Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Lilies in kitchen garden beside Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Privet hedge leading to formal garden at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Formal garden at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Formal garden at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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| Yellow lily in formal garden at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | White lily in formal garden at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Topiary camels remember camels who used to live here as pets on lawn at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
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