The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-29
MAGNIFICENT DWELLINGS DESIGNED BY

Boston correspondent of the New York Ere
ming Post writes to that journal as follows:
Two or three years ago wealthy and intelligent
mechanic-a cabinetmaker and Joiner by trade
now dealer in pine lumber; possessed, among
other goods, of remarkable wife, lady of taste,
culture, enterprise and energy quite extraordinary
conceived the idea of building two houses such
as had never been built. He owned at the time
large quantity of very valuable fine woods of the
most costly varieties-mahogany, satiu-wood, rose
wood, DC, &C., which had undergone twenty years.
seasoning; and he said one day to his wife: "Do
you design such house you want and | will
build 1t and make it piece of cabinet-work such
as this country, at least never saw" No sooner
said than commenced. Mrs. - designed il from
foundation to roof, laying every partition, fixing
the place of every door, closet and recess giving
all the orders, and so continuing with the zeal and
insight OF true artist, until now, fnis coronat
opus! Are you enough interested to go into the
opusf
The house is of handsome brick, with brown
freestone caps and sills steps, door posts &C. Let
us enter through the rich and massive front door
of deliberately carved rosewood. Here is a vesti.
bule beautifully frescoed by foreign artists: pass
through another or inside door, glazed with richly
wrought French plate glass, and we are in the
main hail. and before us, on the right rises the
principal staircase, built of solid mahogapy-tbe
most costly vareties-steps, risers balusters rail-
&C., and designed not to be carpeted. The entire
nan is wainscotted to the height of three feet with
the richest carved Gothic mOudnps of the same
rich wood, the finish being that of the finest cab;
net work. The doors, ga deuc battans" which on
ter the parlor from the hall, are ten feet high ex
quisltely wrought and skillfully fitted and HUNG
that childs little finger will give the impulse ne
cessary to shut them, and, when shut, you cannot
pass the blade OF knife between the wings. The
papers, imported expressly from Paris, are of the
most beautiful patterns, the window glass the
heaviest French plate. The staircases and doors
are OF enormous cost. In every room excepting
the parors, even to the attic chambers are sicom-
modes or chests of drawers of various sizes adapt
ed to the wants and fancies of housekeepers. to
the number of one hundred and ninety in each
house. These are all faced with the incest woods
OF piano-forte polish, and the incest cabinet work
nanshlp; dark cedar closets for linen and clothing
conveniently disposed on different stories; extra
1Satnlng rooms; handsome billiard room, with
nv, VI nsIqueterle, expensive table and exoui-
ei'ely in,aiu cues; water in every conceivable and
Al some nltuerto unconceived forms of convenience
Is found everywhere, high and low
At the foot of the front stairs as an or,ouont =.
the rail post, spaniel, exquisitely carved l.; ord
up asleep perfectly true to nature This trRe COST
hundred dollars. So perfect is the wboI So o
tablishment that it would give pleasure to des-
cend to miuuter details of wine closets heat;na
apparatus and numberless other items, GOING 70
show how perfectly the whole work is carried ont.
but have taken already more of your space than
INTENDED. Why should not such house be thrown
open to the public for few weeks? 1t certainly
would be in Europe.
Inc thought will suggest itself to most readers:
i. An very line; but who will be willing to pay for
sor sn w fancy work?' The may astonish
o. our too material people. The builder is no
or inmbssr nan AN de is not merely cabinet-maker
.wer this ess.s but philosopher Let him
don't get my money back: wb ~ me u.s. uR H
EetyoTWr money back that you paid for that paint
% g answer s isy h y. 9ans in h gives
in any other way, have nyr we and could not,
which the process of this work has piyspp pleasure
which its contamination secures to us US ana
The New PATENT LAW is working verr
toriy. The change comes quite opportuneIx sia C.
an application. The abolition of the excass;ngg
fees heretofore required of foreigners will do mph
to stimulate them to introduce many valuable in
ventons into the country, and enable them to pro-
lay violent hands upon everything within their