New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-04


CHICAG O's BOSS PALACE.
The Many Beauties OF Mr.. PotterPa1mer.s
| New Home.
Inter-Ocean: Potter Palmer's pal
atial new residence upon the lake
shore drive, is considered by careful
connoisseurs as the finest in the United
States. The castle-like appearance OF
the exterior, the combination Of stone
IN the structure that has been feliei-
tously compared to chocolate cake,
may provoke a variety of opinions as
the inpressiyeness orgood taste, but
passing up it's magnificent marble
steps and through its broad-arched
portals to the interior results in a YER
dict that pronounces it unrivaled for
richness and beauty. The great cen
trail hall, lighted from dome of glass
in the roofthree stories aboveits floor,
make a splendid show in its antique
finish of heavy white oak. The bal
ustrade OF the first gallery above this
hall is carved with most elaborate
trimmings Of delicate Venetian IRON
work, and pendant from each corner
are chandeliers Of polished oxidized
silver, about which are twined fantas-.
tic forms of dragons, from whose
tongues fash tiny flames.
The great fireplace that spans one
corner OF this hall is the reproduction
Of one in a famous italian castle, even
to the eleborately carved wood that
reaches above it to the ceiling or the
andlrons and fire sets OF smoked silver.
The floor furnishes the most magnifi-
cent mosaic in the country, a ccmbi-
nation OF beauties in color and design
that would be extremely difficult to
describe without an illustration.
Slender and deliberately carved col
unlns will support rich portieres of
Indian shawls that divide this hall
from the Indian rooms. The wood OF
the room is the rich dark teak.
The ceiling Of the Indian room, with
its richly ornate carved frame ofteak,
appears to be the veritable maze
Of Indian tapestry. The browns, the
pinks and gold, with tinting OF mauve,
appear IN the color scheme, following
the delicate and intricate in pattern
that, beautiful in regularity, never re-
veals it's beginning or end. One of the
delightful, as well the curious, features
of the work is the fine graduation ofth
color-shade as it approaches it's envir-
onment in the dark wood border,
making a harmonious adoption, suit
ing, as it were, the light and fancy
tintings of the fresco to the rich and
sombre companlonship Of the carved
and polished wood.
The Moorish room supon the south
side Of the hall, abutting uponthe con-
servatory. The woodwork of the
room is polished curled maple In it's
east side is a fireplace, with an elabo-
rateiy- carved mantle tree inlaid with
polished "copper" and surrounded by a
hood beautiful in symmetrical Moor
ish curves, and with an appearance Of
solidity. On the opposite side of the
room is the piano, in case OF polished
marble, with a beautiful canopy pro-
lect1ng over the niche it occupies.
The floor is laid IN ash and walnut
in Moorish design The ceiling about
its outward line has graceful panelings
OF plaster mouldings, and the walls
have g. wonderful treatment in light
ornate plaster work that presents all
the delicate beauty in shell shapes.
The ceiling design resembles in it's
beautiful color and finished outlines
some Moorish fabric that in it's fairy
figures reflects thememory oflost arts.
The ceiling center is in light blue pink
and gold, growing a trifle darker
IN color as it appr caches thesurround-
ing panels. The deep arched frieze
is ornate with Moorish traceries, in
stucco work that has been treated
with light and delicate color, dominat-
ing shade difficult to determine, but
giving Almost beautiful delicate effect,
harmonizing in color and design with
that of the fresco.
The panels are the frames for deco
rations upon canvas applied to the
wall. The colors are light blue, gold,
silver, lemon, yellow, and salmon red;
the decoration is a Persian vase, with
conventionalized plant, the branches
and leaves in silver, all following the
line OF curve. In the arc OF the panel
is a golden censor. Every window is
canopied, and has q screen of carved
lattice work, through which the light
comes, showing to best effect the
beauty of the room decoration, splen-
did III color, in poetry Of design, and
magnificent surroundings. Electric
lights will shed a, soft glow through
tinted shades, giving new and varying
beauties to the polished, inlaid, and
carved woods to the chameleon color
OF filagree tracery in the decoration,
and the perfumed and tufted rugs that
grace the floor.
Living After Being scaIped.