The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-18
The Presidents House.

Members OF the Cabinet ana a lew
others have been admitted to see the
new decorations in certain rooms at the
Executive Mansion which have been
closed since early in the autumn. In
the East Room, in which the curtains
and furniture were renewed last year,
nothing has been done, except to put
down a new carpet. This is an AK.
minister and was ordered from Europe
g pressly for this purpose, as a suili-
cient quantity to cover this room in
any pattern of fine goods could not be
found in New York, for it requires over
four hundred yards of carpet for it.
The pattern of this carpet is too small
and its colors too dull to be suitable for
80 immense an apartment. The figures
are so small that they seem indist nctly
defined, but the decorator in charge
sold me that was because any marked
design in so vast room must neces-
salily be so often repeated as to be-
come wearsome to the eye. The
colors are such rs are seen in an East
India rug.
The Green Parlor, which was entirely
refurnished last year, remains the same.
The Blue Room is now furnished in
robin s-egg blue, which looks green by
gas-light. All the woodwork about tho
doors and windows, including the win
dow-blinds, is now of this shade. Tho
material upholstering the sofas and
chairs, Of which the frames are the
s me gilt ones used before but re.
touched, is pale shade of the robin S.
egg blue silk canvas, with gold warp.
The Gu ta'ns, of the same silk canvas,
have an olive plush bo der about two
yards deep. These are fastened back
with silk monte cloth and plush loops
The carpet is an Administer, with p le
blue ground and small figures. The
walls are pale shade of robin s-egg
blue, with dado in deeper shade.
The fringe, which is very beautiful, is
of silver and colors in relief. Circular
sconces about three feet in diameter OF
opa escent glass are fastened to TIE
walls, from which extend gilt b anches
with several gas-burners. These
sconces are par ieularly elective on the
blue walls. The cell ng in this, as in
all the newly-linished rooms. is strik-
ingly beautiful. 1t is combinat on OF
elapses and shields ou lined in relief
with silver bands inside. The shields
are in colored me ais on circles inclos-
ing a gold ground. Around the fire
pl ce are blue opa escent glass les.
The most striking feature of the red
parlor is the mantel and the fireplace,
which are wholly new. The hearth is
of English earthenware tiles, ''tea-pot
brown The mantel is mahogany.
The fireplace is bordered by brass
holdings, outside of which is wide
border of square glass tiles, set in
squares over metal, which reflects the
| light. o tside the border is richly
carved mahogany frame, with narrow
| shelf at the top. Above this is row OF
square pannels OF Japanese leather, lust
beneath the upper mantel-shelf of ma
hogany, which shelf is ten feet long.
The columns supporting this at each
end are of mahogany and represent the
| Roman fasces. These rise from the floor
and, with the long shell described, form
three sides of very large rectangle,
with the fireplace in the center The
mirror covers the remainder of the wall
to the ceiling. The walls are Of terra
Gotta red and the dadoa crimson brown,
like a copper peach trees leaves in
autumn. The ceiling is very beautiful.
The central design is stars in copper
and silver, both in the same style. The
| furniture and curtains are red, the same
as last year. They are OF rich plush.
! he state dining-room has pale buff
walls and ceiling, The cur aims are OF
green satin, with gold cornices. The
glass doors leading into the conserya-
tory, one on each side of the fire place.
where the windows were, are pleasing
addition to this room Plants show
through them TO advantage. The cor
ridor has its walls now OF golden olive.
The inches are lined with notified gold
paper, against which ferns and palms.
in the maiolica vases set on marble
pedestals in the inches, will show well.
The ceiling is light ivory ground,
with medalions and panels broken M
with tracery of gold, silver, and brass.
Below the frieze is border OF perfor-
ated brass from India. The brass
screen separating this corridor from the
square vestipule without is to be filled
in with Qaales ,ent glass and ieweled
glass, instead of the figured-ground
glass it has had SO long. ~ Washing on
Cor. Philadelphia Times.