Connecticut
Percy Steinhart, Creator of the $1,000-Velvet-Slipper Brand Stubbs & Wootton, Restored This Connecticut Home
The Federal-style home of late fashion tastemaker Percy Steinhart in Litchfield, Connecticut, has come to market asking $3.9 million.
Steinhart, whose full name was Percival P. Steinhart III, founded the Palm Beach, Florida-based footwear brand Stubbs & Wootton, known for its velvet slippers, which have been worn by kings and pop stars. The boutique’s classic smoking slippers range from $625 to $1200, and come in a range of whimsical embroidered varieties.
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Steinhart restored and designed the nearly 4-acre Connecticut estate himself, according to listing agents Heather Croner and Patricia McNamee of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, who listed the home Wednesday.
“It needed every bit of attention, which he gave it,” Croner said. “It’s so beautiful now; big spacious rooms, all in lovely proportion and beautifully decorated.”
The main house dates to 1874 and spans 6,641 square feet across two stories, with white siding, charming bay windows, multiple fireplaces, stained glass above the entrance and period embellishments. A welcoming entry hall leads to an elegant living room and corner dining room, the modern kitchen has a large island and breakfast nook, while a library steps down to a garden room surrounded by French doors.
The house bears evidence of Steinhart’s insouciant style, with color-drenched rooms, patterned wallpapers as well as the striking two-tone wooden flooring in the library, which is original to the house. “He was a design maven, altogether,” said Croner. “Everywhere you look, every inch shows his sense of design.”
There is also a matching white pool house with two sets of French doors added by Steinhart, which opens onto a flagstone pool deck, and a converted carriage house with green barn doors. Combined, there are a total of seven bedrooms.
The grounds also include a greenhouse, an outdoor kitchen, a croquet lawn and a terraced garden with multiple levels.
Steinhart purchased the house for $2.6 million in 2022, property records show. He had sold another house on the block the year before for $1.8 million, more than double what he paid for it in 2013. He died in November 2025 at age 76.
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Steinhart was born in Cuba to a prestigious family of bankers and businessmen, and founded Stubbs & Wootton in 1990. Fans of the footwear include Lady Gaga, King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Anne Hathaway, who was photographed wearing them on the set of the recently released “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” according to Steinhart’s obituary in The Wall Street Journal.
His brother, Frank Steinhart, who now runs the company, could not immediately be reached for comment.