New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-05
THE COSTUME RECEPTION.
A BRILLIANT BALL AT THE ACADEMY OF
DESIGN TONIGHT
ARTISTIC AND ELABORATE DECORATION oFTHE
GALLERIES AND HALLS.

ARTISTIC AND ELABORATE DECOR ALTON oFNIhb
GALLERIES AND HALLS.
The costume reception at tho Academy Of Design
this evening Is neither mask ball nor ordinary
fancy dress function More than anything else IL
patterns after those delightful artists balls whio'
from time 10 time have interested London and gwen
the United Kingdom food for gossip. AS everything
OF this day and generation must of necessity eclipse
everything OF the past, It is common talk in Vanity
Fair that the Society Of Decorative Art and Its CO.
WORKER the itch Water-Color Society, have arranged
an UNIQUE amusement that will not only draw the
veil over the brilliant ball given In honor OF tne
Prince Of Wales's visit TO this country In ls60 but VIII
suIpass the vander 1t fancy dress ball OF leo-
The old Academy in honor Of this occasion, has
put on new interior dress The work OF dccoratins
the walls Of the galleries was begun several weeks
ago under the direction Of William NJ Chase, LOUIS
c. Tiffany and Robert Blum, who concluded their
abors last Friday and invited the verdict OF the press
They have converted the north gallery into sym
phony IN white by Of an arstlcally arranged
muslin fringe and walnscot tho pictures here exhibited
being selected with reference to the light tone OF
| their ooors and frames. Perfect harmony reigns'
The east gallery IS treated in white and gold with
waterc oloIs 10 match: the west in old gold, and the
south, or main gallery in gold. The decorations OF
the corridors are in light blues and pins. over the
entrance to the north gallery snow-whte peacock
stands.
| Tho staircase is covered with deep-red carpet.
while and costly tapestries adorn the walls of tho
entrance hall One set of Flemish renaissance de-
sign, represents the siege OF Troy. The first piece
shows the gullble Troians hauling the wooden horse
into town. In the second Ulysses and his band are
seen scrambllng out through hole in the creatures
flank. The story IS continued in other pieces Du-
veen lent this set, which is valued at 100000.
The art committee in charge of the decorations, Is
composed of Percy and Leon Moran Walter satteriee
H. lie Grand Cannon and Cooper Hewitt They have
decided TO admit very few flowers There are TOO
many priceless treasures on the walls, which It never
would do 10 hide behind banks Of hothouse plants.
Tho libraries have been turned into supper-hal
The sides of the three connecting rooms are hung WIN
tapestries which fastened upon false walls, and
reach from the floor to wide frieze Of SILK brocade
The ceilings arc covered with plated silk stuff in lsh
pink the pieces radiatng from the central chandelier
one tapestry picture is Dutch village scene, ana an
| other has something TO do with the Garden OF Eden
At the entrance to the suppcr-room pair Of twisted
columns deliberately carved and glded stand ike SEN
| tinels They were lent by Chadwick. who got them
from an old church near Seville. OF old rugs Ola
drapcres and old furniture there Is an abundance al
lent for the occasion by Sloane sypher Duvecn, Chad
| wick and others.
The wide doors at the main entrance are iooheo la.'
and will not be opened until H. tomorrow TO sc'
NIT visitors 70 the twenty-second Waer-Color E1hor
| ton. The vestbule has been set apart as rcei-
tacle for Busza Zsclgas Hungarian band, which is 10
furnish tic Incidental music for the OCCASION Az
each corner fireman in the regular uniform OF Inc u
partment will be stationed. Lander and fifteen OF h'
men all in costume will play upstairs for the conhons
| Those who 20 to the ball will enter the Academy on
the Fourqhave side and reach the main hall By mar
row staircase at the end Of corridor Only those VINO
wear costumes will be admitted. It has been said that
horses drawing tho carriages Of guests would pc oongu
70 ca I'm costume but this is not 1t Is true, now
ever that nothing short of the laws demands couiu
have induced the committee to let the french appear
uncostumed All tho attendants must shune lu''
something that IS over a hundred years old
Rudolph Aronson is TO be represented by niteeh Vi
bts Yeomen of the GuaId7 beefeaters who, dresscd
in their gaudy sixteenth century costumes
vim nass the night standing at different points on INC
1c hall will be opened at midnight with pro-
coson nj artists led by Daniel Huntington president
lof the National Academy Of Design; j.. u; bIo~n,
prc sldcnt Of the American WaterCoior ,ocIety, anu
Rlchard NJ Hunt and Stanford White, noted archlIeGls,
Tie four gentlemen representing the various Uraoh's
VI The GooTs are to be waxed to-day, Two and
the beginning Of the evening. one VII, NC Ec
Venetian quadrllle. arranged by Mrs NchoiaS flsh
and another the Sir Roger de CoVerly quadrD1e' az,
ranged by Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt. Each danee VIII
ibe preceded By fanfare.
The reception Is not private funcnon, as many
rersOns imagine but Is sempubc, the price OF tlchet
being a. The gauntlet Of admission, however, 10
be exclusive circle Of purchasers is extremely haru
TO run. There some committees IN inc way