Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-23

The space above is divided into panels that are
filed with Lyons silk, especially ordered BY
the architect, in which the salmon ground is
strewn with punches Of roses and mignonette,
held together by floating ribbons. These
panels are separated by pilasters with orna-
ment In relief consisting of interlacing wreaths.
starting from the frieze. This is a continuous
ornament Of garlands and ribbons. The cell
ing and the cornice are nodded and arranged
with dentils and medallions.
The framework of the windows and doors
and the styles of the ceiling are ornamented
with delicate tulip and ivy pattern, and inter-
laced wreaths picked out in gold leaf against
a cream ground; the holdings are twined
with ribbons overlaid with gold.
The windows demanded concession. No raw
of light can be spared from a New York city
interior. The heavy central ornament of the
frames were removed, leaving the transverse
piece traced with the tulip and ivy design. The
Hawking pilasters. similarly treated, support
the large, shell-like ornament as an over
window, so characteristic feature of this
style. In this case the shell is filed with opal
escent glass, chosen to harmonic with the
general character of the room. Balancing the
transOms for which they serve at the lower
end of the room above the double doors is an
arch of open bronze work, with spandrels filled
in with semi-tranSparent glass. which repeats
the roses and mlgnOnette design OF the SILK
panels. This is an instance of feature that
could not possibly be found in any of the Louis
XVI rooms, which are furnishing models to
this generation, but every one must admit that
1t is received kindly into style which has been
well called inhospitable. word should be
said of the furniture of this room. which, hay-
ing the required forms. was enameled IN flesh
pink with gold and recovered with silk match
ing the panels.
THE ELEMENTS OF LOUIS XVI ROOM
are so simple that they may be carried out at
comparatively little expense. Elegant SIM
plicity and that feeling of repose which is not
the least valuable quality in Louis XVI and
kindred STYLES may be arrived at without cary
ings, brOcades. ard painted ceilings. There is
IN this town a little parlor i'll an apartment
house that has been thus remOdeled. A par
quet floor has been laid over the ordinary floor
The walls are hung in paper, with carefully
chosen Louis WI design, in wreaths and rib
bons The doors and windows are hung in
rOse-colored brocade of appropriate design.
The chairs and sofa. of oak. belong to the
period, and are covered with tapestry and bro
cades. The ,apphques, with their branching
candles, the lamps, and even their lace shades.
have been selected so that they shall conform
to the style of the room. A Marie Antoinette
table and brass-mounted Nerni Martin cir
cuar table have been wrested from an old Curl
Osity shop. Louis XVI glass hangs above
the mantel. some eighteenth century colored
prints, a couple of miniatures and some water
cOlors have simple frames traced with Louis
WI ornaments. The ornaments and few arti-
cles of bric-a-brac are chosen as not to offend
the distinctive style of the room. The tea
equipage, when it Hospitality appears, falls into
harmony. rug or two lie Oh the polished
floors. The room is small. but il counterfeits
space. But what Is most agreeable after pass
ing through the clustered and incoherent draw
ing rooms of most New York houses is the rest
fulness which steals over the senses once within
their walls. MARY GAY HUMPHREYS.