With seven bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three half bathrooms on four levels, the brick Neoclassical house served as the San Francisco Decorator Showcase in 1991 and again in 2012.
In its designs it was still guided by the art nouveau tastes of its founder, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who restyled the interior of the White Houseinthe 1880s and became the most fashionable decoratorin New York .
"It's very exciting for the designers to do it because people do come and see their work, get to know them, " said Bunny Williams, an interior designer and chairwoman of this year's Kips Bay Decorator Show Housein New York City, considered one of the nation's oldest and most popular show homes.