The Arizona sentinel., 1884-10-11
Some Kew York Interiors.

SOUlC NcW 1OTh 1HleT1UISs
 Perhaps one of the first conspicu- ously artistic interiors in New York was that of the house of Dr. w. A. Ham mond in West Fifty-fourth street. After giving his walls time to settle, he began q series of internal decorations, which 1t will be difficult for artists to surpass for some time to come. His dining room is hung with frieze copied from the Bayeux tapestry--patient Matilda's chronicle of the stirring times of Will liam Of Normandy. The ceiling is painted in the early Saxon ornamenta- tion-ribbon winding through con ventionalized pattern. The room is decorated with the choicest specimens of porcelain and china, and the win dow5 are of stained glass. The portieres. are Of Algerian stutIs, heavy and hand some.
 The dining-room is large room. thi :ty-six by sixteen feet; the walls gre hu lg with deep crimson maroon leather stamped in gold, with figures of cliim- eilcal animals of mciii:sv&i design; the ceiling, Renaissance of the fifteenth century. Opening out Of this room is an Egyptian retreat. with the lotus. the scarabnuS, and the procession of slaves, Luntsmen, and animals (in the strange but expressive drawing with which Brugsch's book las made us faniliar). It would be in vain to describe the bawk-headed goddess, the dog-faced deities of Egypt. the inscrutablc eye of the ligh-priest as he presides over the fireplace. This room is devoted to consultations on themysterious diseases O; the brain, and is ftly dedicated to that Egyptian intellect which saw so clearly behind the veil, and read as nc other people have read the enigma of lie. The house of Edward N. Dicker- son, but lately finished, Is one of the triumphs of both new and admirable system of ventilation, and of internal decoration Of high order. The stair case reaches up through four stories, is Of solid unvarnished mahogany, with panelling of the same at the side. This is superb feature of the modern Louse. The frequent landings, the broad low stairs, all are improvements On the old-fashioned narrow, ugly stair way Of the immediate past. Mr. Dick orsor las much beautiful stained glass Lis drawing-room windows are made to repeat the delicate scarlet and dove color of the paper and window curtains, 1 MLilein bedroom swallows fy through | apple blossoms, and are in more i'm perishable form represented a the glass window.
 Here also we sec that nothing is moro effective than stamped leather for din- iag-room walls, and carved buffets with 1 painting on leather, let in after the fashion of tiles, ably supplement this finish. MT. DickerSon has famous window in his dining-room, which is outlined by Q fine bit of Japanese cary ing. This piece has given the keynote to the room, which has also ceiling of | painted plaques, very harmon :ous, curi- | ous, and ornamental. Brass =conces of | cinque-cento and Henri IteT. add much | brilliapcy to these GaTkly ornamented | rooms. A boudoir in ebonized cherry, with tile fireplace, the tiles painted | with bright flowers, and much ornament | al brass-work about, is extremely pret- l ty, as is the whole of this artistic dwell. | ing.
 In some of the fine interiors we see deep crimson hangings and carpets. with dead gold and bronze paper, chandeliers Of silver and brass. and fire place of burnished steel. This intro duction of steel is one of the most beau Eful of the modern improvements.
 In others we see, as we enter, Alger- inc striped portieres and rugs of Persia or Turkey, the furniture made in forms suggestive of loungin., and covered has a severe simplicity, however. The lines are straight and formal, the .out- line definite. No shallow curves, nc feeble-minded ornamentation. Per haps shells cut out of hard wood, with some good brass-work to use for han dies, key, and hinges. The richest bro- caded Chinese silks, with the heavily carved lockwood furniture ot oul Oriental brethren, ftly furnish forth tie rooms where the pottery is collected. The Moorish vases, tue Egyptian water bottles, Japanese cups, Thuringian DOT celain, crackle-ware, cloisonne, Spanish faience, Palissy, Etruscan, Kioto, Dres- den, Russian, biscait, Nankin, majolica, and Hungarian porcelain can not be better lodged than in the Chinese room. It is fitting tribute to China, which has given it's name to every species of pottery. It is, however, now reigning fancy to have rare plaques hung on the walls of every room.-M. E. w. SHERWOOD, in Halper'S Naga. zine.