Princess Lee Radziwill’s final NYC home finds a new owner

It’s curtains — in raspberry velvet.

The former Fifth Avenue residence of Princess Lee Radziwill, the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has entered contract with a final asking price of $13.5 million, closing the book on one of the Upper East Side’s most recognizable society interiors.

It initially hit the market in August 2025 for $16.9 million, before reducing the price to $14.9 million.

Radziwill had lived in the unit for more than 30 years until her death in 2018. She was 85.

The residence last traded hands in 2019 for $4.9 million to the late philanthropist Suzanne von Liebig, who passed away in September at the age of 95.

Just a few blocks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the apartment itself, featured decades ago in Architectural Digest, reflected a layered, collected aesthetic more reminiscent of a European hôtel particulier than a standard Fifth Avenue co-op.

The Lenox Hill dwelling, a gracious duplex overlooking Central Park, was long associated with Radziwill’s unapologetically European approach to decorating — a philosophy she once described plainly. 

She said in the 1975 interview with AD, “I abhor the American idea of starting with a tabula rasa every few years and getting rid of everything. When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever. I’m constantly falling in love with objects, and they follow me around the world.”

That sensibility was on full display inside the approximately 4,600-square-foot home, which blends formal entertaining rooms, woodburning fireplaces and classic prewar proportions with a saturated palette that defied Manhattan minimalism. 

In one sitting room, walls were wrapped in deep raspberry velvet — a dramatic pivot Radziwill once explained candidly: “When I began, I was in my white period, so I painted everything accordingly. I was never so miserable in my life! So I went off in the opposite direction, as you can see.”

The listing itself offered a classic Fifth Avenue layout: a three-bedroom, 4.5-bath duplex with a grand gallery for art display, an expansive corner living room positioned for park views, a formal dining room designed for entertaining and a library that could easily serve as an additional bedroom. 

Original architectural details, oversized windows and multiple fireplaces underscore the apartment’s prewar pedigree, while the white-glove co-op provides full-service amenities expected along this storied stretch of Fifth Avenue.

Among the apartment’s most-talked-about pieces was the Scalamandré silk velvet “Le Tigre” sofa — custom made in the 1960s — which later found its way into pop culture lore through her daughter-in-law, Carole Radziwill. 

The buyer and final sale price has not yet been identified. Adam Modlin of the Modlin Group holds the listing. He did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Radziwill was married three times. It would be her second marraige to Polish aristocrat Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, member of the House of Radziwill, that would earn her the royal title.