Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-10-16
Splendor and Ruin,
THE UNFINISHED PALACE OF A BASKnrp7

THE UNFINISHED PALACE OF 4 BANKut,p7
The chief partner of the firm of Lock
wood & Co., which failed from stocl
gold specuations the other day, is now
building country seat in the suburbs o.
Norwalk, Connecticut, said to De Tn,
most magnificent thing of its kind il
the country. The premises include fort, ,
acres of land, valued at $4,000 per acre
making total of 100000. The tract
was bought six years ago by Mr. Lock
wood, and was then combination nj
rugged hill and marsh. A large portion
has been subdned into beauty by n con.
stant force of eighty men, who will now
be thrown out Of employment.
a New York paper has a detailed 40.
count Of this establishment, from which
We take few points as samples. The
TWO tables are of creamy stone and
colossal in size. The first was a coach
house fioored with stripe walnut and
oak, of which seven luxurious vehicles
occupy one side. A shining maple door
opens upon the houses, willie the hav
lott has polished rafters. The second
stable contains fat cattle and WAGON
horses.
The. mansion has been five wears in
building, and is not yet complete. We
quote few details:
The walls and ceiling are of lioht
drab and lavender, mingled with gold
and delicate rose, and tie same NAV be
said OF the spacious billiard room. which
contains two tables upholstered. Tie
doors, shutters, and wainscotinp are all
of polished inlaid woods. and the same
feature Is observable in every apartment
OF the house. The great range of draw.
ing rooms is not vet furnished.
The moorish room gladIens VISITING
eyes. It's carpet is of sky blue, bordered
with drab, white and rose the furniture.
walls and ceiling are traced with Moorish
fancies, and colossal desk of many
woods is a miracle of Workmanship.
The owners chamber is in keeping
with the rooms alluded to. The bedstead
is Of rosewood, and work of art. Like
the other furniture, it is all French.
Fancy exhausts itself in inlaid yariera-
tlons. 1t Is canopird at the upper end
with satin OF the richest green, pending
from framework OF gold and let.
Adjoining this apartment is Mr.. Lock.
woods dressingroom Again. inlaid
woods and frescoed walls again rich
easy chairs, and again carpet in which
the foot sinks at its tread. The Washing
apparatus is of dark red marble, lightly
with white and yellow. The
basins are of whitest china, traced with
delicate flowers, and the faucets are oild-
ed with FURNISHED gold. Large mirrors
are in the many wooded doors of the
two closets, one of which opens on a
bath room.
Further up is an oratory. The walls
are trescoed in imitation of fluted whit.
satin, the windows are richly hung with
Persian fabrics, the ceiling is of blended
rose, drab and gold, and the little dome
is sky blue, studded with stars. The
prize dieu, or little praying desk, is a
beauty in its way, but has an uncushion-
ed though carpeted stool attached. In
front of 1t is cross. The owner is an
orthodox Protestant, but a complete
chamber suite must have an oratory as
well as dressing room, and an oratorv
must have cross.
The dressing room of the mansion's |
mistress Is as large as an ordinary parlor.
1t Is carpeted with blue, white and rose.
with trescees and furniture to match.
The great guests room is spacious,
md carpcted with sober red. 1t is rich,
Dut mere sIbdued III its tone than the
others. There arc many other rooms of
smaller size.
The children's chambers are in keep
ng with the rest. Through the whole
suite, as elsewhere, run inlaid woods
md trescnes, but nowhere can be found
gaudness. All is costly, all is rich, but
he tints are delicate, and none abtrude
lpen the eye.
The servants rooms are more modest
han the rest, and yet they equal the
'hambers Of a frst-class hotel. The
ioors have brussels carpets, and The Lu.
eaus, bedsteads and chairs are of black
walnut. The latter are well cushioned.
md the female servants can dream of
heir swans upon crisp French mattresses
| he walnut washs,andS are topped with
White marble, as are likewise the bureaus
The latter are furnished with plate
glasses. The servants are thus tempted
o wash up stairs, instead of taking a
Try polish in the kitched. There are
tx of them, and also fat waiter of
middle age.