I mean, why even buy a home unless it easily allows you to host a seated dinner party for sixteen?

Behold the James F. D. Lanier House, a Beaux-Arts mansion built during the height of the Gilded Age at 123 East 35th Street. 

One of the city's largest single-family homes, its 11,638 square feet of living space spread across eight levels boasts nine bedrooms, seven full bathrooms, three half bathrooms, a Met Museum-esque gallery, a clubroom, a wine cellar, a wood paneled elevator, a dumbwaiter, a fitness center, crystal chandeliers aplenty and so much more.

Beaux Arts splendor is present in every detail of this slice of history, now on the market for $33 million - care to take a look around?

[Photos via Christie's International Real Estate]