, 1879-07-20
NINE. MUSARD'S HOTEL.

How Celebrity Of the Third Empire was
Lodged in Paris.
The sale OF Mme. Musard's jewels produced
total OF $3.50, $3.50. Tie Partisan received by
and last mail says: The hotel where the sale
is taking rlace Is an elegant three story edfce,
No. S. Avenue de Jena. You enter By lofty
porte-cochere, hanked By two ,well-ueveloped
Ca1yatides. The courtyard is light and airy;
on the right are the coach-houses, the har-
ncss-rooms and fine stabling for twenty
horses. You enter the house by double fight
Of steps surmounted By commonplace glass
fan roof. The hall is well proportioned. Cross
ing it vou enter the boudoir draped in pIuE.
The ceiling is painted by Chaplin; SO are the
panels. The prevailing tone is pink, and the
capitonne work aud drapery is pink. It was
the private apart ments Of the Empress Eugente
at the Elysee- Nine. Musard bought the En-
press famous collier OF 475 pearls: Nine. Musard
Was one Of the great elorics OF the Third En-
plre, and her hotel is good example Of the
prodigality OF that epoch. The antechamber r is
draped IN blue; the ceiling is again by Chaplin
as also are the panels; the chimney ornaments
are in Dresden china, and the. mirror is q very
fine piece OF Dresden ware. Passing from the
Dresden room we enter the sal1c-a-1nanger, a
Terv elegant room, the panels of which are in
heavy carved wood, stained in two shades OF
br >wn aud hung with crimson. The furniture
IN modern bols-noir, elegantly carved and very
effe tive. The lustre is remarkable piece
are loaded with specimens of SAKE,
5evres, Delft, Japancse. and Dresden
taience and porcelain. In the hall we
notice good Zirm, and on the staircase TWO or
three poor examples Of that master and a very
fine DaubignY. On the first floor to the left Is
the library, very pretty room furnished with
inlaid-Wood bookcases. The ceiling is by Chap
lin, and the pictures are by Chaplin ind Muraton.
The contents Of the bookcases are entirely out
OF harmony with the bookcases themselves
novels, just like one Of the windows OF Nudes
library in Oxford street. Mme. Musard probably
did not take kindly to reading, and she does not
seem to have read Freuch books at all. All
the books we're the usual red, blue, and green
fashionable novels with which the firms Of
Bentley and TipslcY are in the habit Of strew-
ing the tables of the English artstocracY. Over
the boudor is a bedroom very sombreIy fur
nshed With profqsion Of religious subjects,
ivories, paintings, and triptTchs. The bedstead |
The bedroom. which we took to be that OF the |
1ate mistress OF the house, Was hung with deep
red curtains and portieres, and papercd red OF |!
a different shade. It is hung all round with |
pictures, among which is a splendid Daubigny, |
fine CHAPLIN representing group Of |
children. Throughout the house ne o. |
serve that the pictures are hung in a |
Dad lEnt, Ihe floor Is covered with |
an imitation Turkey carpet The bedstead is a |
small cbony t-de-repos, ornamcntcd With very
ordinary faience plaques, imitation Rouen. The |
hangings are very ordinary. Over the head OF |
the bed is an ivory Christ, with sprig of 6uis-
son stuck in the arm. souvenir of last Palm
Sunday. The cabinets are Of black ebony aud
modern Partisan lacquer. The cabinet de
toilette is pretttly fitted up IN the Chinese
style. The washing service is Of Sevrcs porce-
lain. mounted in silver. On each side Of the |
fireplace is q Gressing-table and glass sur
mounted by gilded eagles. The pictures In
his room are by Ziem, De Beaumont.
and Chaplin who must have made fins thing
out Of Nine. Musard. His pictures and ceilings
mostly bear the date OF 1853. The furniture OF
he hotel is splendid and lu surious, but It does
lot tend to show that Nine. Musa1d Was
Woman Of much taste. Some of the pictures
ire very fine specimens, and will fetch very high
PRICES, but the knickknacks and bibelots which
sere daily in her hands are of the most ordi-
lary and untasteful description We noticed a
lumber OF pistols and arms, and especially
Quantities Of knives Of all descriptions, to saY
lothing Of table knives. This is an Interesting
act to note, particularly as Nine. Musard hailed
rom Connecticut, where the folks are pecul-
a1ly given to whiting"