Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-19

I HERE'S / & LUXURY.
Bath Rooms Of the Y1ndsrbilts, Mr.. Mar
4uand, Mr.. Garrett and Others.

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Bath Rooms Of the Y1nderbilts, MI. Mar
quand, Mr.. Garrett and Others.
The millionaire bath room marks
the age. Nothing 50 gives the sign Of
the material prosperity Of the coun-
try, the growth OF luxury, the indul-
gence of the senses. In the past few
years there have been placed in private
! residences half dozen bath rooms
that are vertically palatial. IN fact,
the prevailing style of the bath room
OF the money king has been suggested
from those OF royal palaces, and par
ticularly from the famous one placed
by Frances I. in the chateau Of Che
nonceaux on the Cher. 70 g s
The chateau OF Chenonceaux is now
the home of NJ Daniel Wilson, the
son-in-law OF President Grevy, and
the bathroom still remains one OF the
features Of the interior. The walls are
covered with small beveled mirrors,
scarcely larger than a span. Between
these panels runs a slender line OF gold,
and at the intersections hang metal
drops like tears, and just long enough
to be reflected on theglass. The effect
is more limpid and brilliant, and the
panels are so small that the purposes
of a. mirror are skillfuDy frustrated.
The bath, is of solid silver, with the
water issuing from swans heads, which,
with a mirror behind, produces the IL
fusion OF swans on the surface OF the
water. All the other appointments
are in keeping with this nlagnifcence,
even to the ante-room, where repose
can be found with cigars after the
bath.
The famous bathroom in the palace
of Fontainebleau was modelled after
the Chenonceaux bath by Louis XVI.
for his queen, Marie Antoinette. The
bath, it will be remembered, is in an
alcove of the ante-room, and it is just
large enough for its purposes. The
walls are paneled i'll large mirrors OF
beveled glass, and On these are paint
ed cupids with garlands of lace above,
| around, about, and each as if about
! to leap from the air to the earth.
This brings us directly to the present.
The late Mr.. w. H. Vanderbilt s bath
room is paneled in mirrors, but over
| these is painted delicate lace-like de-
sign that is elegant in effect and de-
stroys the power O, the glass for re-
Election. It's magni6cence, however, is
exceeded by the bathroom of his son,
Mr., W. K. Vanderbilt The walls
here are painted with mirrors, and on
| these are painted apple blossoms but
byno means so thickly to obscure the
glass. The ceiling is in Henry II. panels
OF white and gold, with horses in the
center. The bath is a solid block Of
marble, and the water issues from
swans heads, las in that Of the chateau
OF Chenonceaux. Above the-bath is g.
niche with q marble Venus prepared
for the BATH There is the Pompeiian
| table of marble, beautifully carved,
and a toilet adjoining Of Ecaillon mar
BILE.
Mr.. Henry Marquand has modelled
his bath after the luxurious room in
Jerome Bonaparte's suburb house
! in Paris. In this the bath is sunk
.Pompeiian fashion, in the floor, and
above the ceiling is a beautiful sum-
mer sky. Mr.. Marquand has had his
walls wainscoted with ream-colored
ties. Above these is painted frieze
representing flowers springng from
the hedge-row; the arch of the ceiling
springs from this frieze. This is given
the semblance OF the sky, across which
birds are Swimming. The marble bath
is sunk several feet in the floor, and is
reached by a descent OF several steps.
1t is said that, exclusive OF the artists
work, Mr.. Marquand's bathroom
cost $4,000.
| Works OF art are considered no.
where more appropriate than in the
bathroom where their subjects are
significant. In that of the late Mr..
Charles J. Osborne, at Mamaroneck,
there is q large frame overlooking the
bath by Mr.. George Maynard. The
subject is invitably Venus with Loyes
at fountain. The figures are life
size in Limoges tiles, fired by the Volk-
mar process. The walls otherwise
are lined and ceiled with white enamel
tiles, with a spotless porcelain-lined
bath.
The last of the new and notable
bathrooms is for Mr.. Robert Gar
rett's new Baltimore house. This is
distinguished not only by the beauty
of it's decoration, but by it's process.
The ceiling is by Mr.. George Maynard,
and represents a lattice on which
morningglories Irvine. The design is
painted on marble by means OF an
OVERLAPPING composition, and ON
being fired the medium melts
away, and the color, sinking
in, becomes incorporated with
the marble. This endolithic process, AS
it is called, is new, and it's results in
the soft radiance of the blended color
and marble are said to be very fine.
The design is in radiating sections,
which makes room for small octago-
nal panels, which are to be mirrors on
which cupids are painted.
The bathroom OF Mrs. Seward
Webb's house, is like q cave OF white
marble, and the only varigation OF tint
is the silver fixtures.
The bathrooms in the billiard
houses are conceived in different
way. To each chamber is attached
large, lofty bathroom with mosaic
floors, walls lined with white enamel
tiles, porcelain-ined bath, and marble
toilet, and instead OF works of art the
distinguishing feature is the exposure
of all the plumbing.
Temperature in Sun and Shade.
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