Visit Primitive

African tunics hang at the entrance, opposite leather seating by Oly Studio and cases of jewelry by Lou Guerin beside old tribal silver. Antique Chinese jade and gemstone jewelry are close by.

The Incense Room holds Primitive’s own Agar and Sandalwood incense. Beyond it, a path of 1,000-year-old stone floors leads to the library.

The Five Elements Library is a custom room laid with stone floors from an ancient Chinese village, its hand-carved walls worked with earth, water, fire, wind and metal motifs. Shelves of Spirit Spouse figures stand among the books, and a Ralph Lauren Writer’s Chair sits beside an antique Chinese table.

The literature covers the art, antiques and peoples found throughout the showroom: bronzes, ceramics, terra cotta, baskets, erotica, jewelry, prints and textiles, along with interior design, contemporary art, architecture, fashion and photography. Many of the books are for sale.

The Buddha Room is calm and low-lit. Buddhas and statuary from Tibet, Nepal, China, Thailand and India stand together in it. Outside, a large black lingam from India waits for water to be poured over its polished surface.

At the rear of the floor, One Raj Place is a Maharaja’s apartment. A pair of Oly Ariel chandeliers, cast in opaque resin after Edwardian crystal, hangs over the main room. In the next, a Ralph Lauren Marie chandelier of rock and lead crystal lights Chinese celadon crackle ware in an AERIN bookcase, beside plein air landscapes by Brian Sindler. The Puja Room holds drawings by Bob Meyer and Indian miniature bronzes from the 19th century and earlier.

The Ante Room and the Meditation Room continue the same register: carved Indian arches, stone underfoot, African masks hung near contemporary paintings, designer furniture set among ethnographic art.

The whole fourth floor is Collectible Home, a division of Primitive that sets designer furniture beside fine art, ethnographic objects and antiques. It carries a selection of Ralph Lauren Home furniture, lighting and gifts, with AERIN and Oly Studio, and holds a lighting gallery, a gift gallery, a fabric sample room and a work room for interior designers.

The floor is laid out as a penthouse. A Chinese spirit stone stands in the foyer. In the dining room, the Ralph Lauren Duke dining table runs its full ten feet over an antique Persian Heriz rug, ringed by eight Duke chairs; the bookcases hold Indonesian shipwreck vessels, Chinese scholar’s rocks, ceremonial wine cups from the Congo and French bronzes.

In the study, a Langham desk sits on a rug pieced from Kurdish tent bands. The bedroom keeps a soft palette around the Heiress bed. Under a large skylight in the living room, the Desert Modern sectional carries pillows made from Kuba cloth, the Duke bar opens its gull-wing doors, and 13th-century Chuccu tablets from Peru stand in brass and mahogany bookcases.