The morning call., 1891-05-11
FIT FOR A PRINCE.
The Richly Decorated London Mansion
of Mrs. John MackaY.


of Mrs. John Mackay.
After brief stay at Brighton Mrs.
Mackay has finally given MP the house she
rented of Lady Rosslyn in Charles street,
Berkeley Square, and has taken possession
of her new abode in Carlton House terrace,
says the London World. The mansion in
question is certainly one of the most re-
markable of those which now cover the site
OF Carlton House. 1t was built originally
by the third Duke of LeinSter and the
present owner of the title sold it shortly
after his accession to Mr.. G. III. Sanford, a
millionaire, whose ambition IL was to
possess the finest house in all London. Mr..
Sanford gave carte blanche alike to arehi-
tects and decorators For over two years
the works went slowly on, and just when
their completion seemed at last TO be in
view the Barring complications interviewed,
and Mr.. Sanford found himself compelled to
surrender the toy for which he had paid so
dearly. The negotiations did not take
tWenty-tOur hours, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mackay, instead Of Mr.. Sanford, became the
neigh6Ors Of Mr.. Paumure Gordon and Lord
Pembroke. The gories of the regenerated
home Of the Fitzgerads although they are
as yet sealed book will neVita bly, be one
OF the wonders OF the coming season. The
entrance walls contain SOME of the finest
decorative work ever seen in England. The
first has ceiling of blue and gold, while
the walls are paneled with slabs of pink
SOudanese marble, divided by statuary
pIlasters, and broken only by fifteenth
century Italian chmney-plece.
The baluStraded staircase of white marble
In the inner hall alone cost a small fortune.
All the details of the Italian fifteenth GEN.
tury carving are perfect, and the walls are
covered with green and gold brocade and
fine old tapestry The doors are inlaid with
rich intaIsia work, aud the dO0rwayS of
white statuary marble display tile most del
icate Raphaelesque designs. Nothing could
be more effective than the coffered ceiling,
each Golfer" being filed with star
shaped flower, the petals of which are
composed of pearl shells. The Henry III
dining-room is deeply paneled with
mahogany, the margins of the lower panels
ceiling Is decorated with finely modelled fig
ures in ivory color on gold ground. The
elaboratcly carved fireplace reaches to the
ceiling. The ballroom and draWng-r0oms
are on the first floor. The ceiling of the
former has its panels filed with paintings,
while those OF the walls are occupied by
enormous pieces of Gobeln tapestry, signed
COZette and representing episodes in the
career OF Don QuixOte, after Cuyp. A great
use Las been made of ciOSonne enamel, es-
peclally for the production of two ideal bath
rooms, the one Pompeiian, the other Japa-
hese, Win appropriate fruits aud flowers on
the walls. Electric light only is to be used,
The house contains some Of the choicest
works OF art in Europe. The Gobelin Don
QuixOte tapestries are continued In the
drawlngroom. In addition to several statues
In the hall there is large strip of Beau
vals tapestry representing agriculture"
and four more G0belin panels devoted TO
the Seasons" The Beauvais hangings on
the staircase have for their subject the life
of Christopher Columbus. All the chairs
and sofas In the dining rooms are covered
with genuine Louis XVI needlework. The
cabinets contain priceless collection of
bbelots, Sevres, miniatures. snuff-boxes,
ETC., and the pictures (many of them MASTER
pieces are By Rubens, WOuvermann, Ten
lers, Gerard Dow, Jan Steen, Cabanel,
Meissonier and Bannat The ballroom
measures fifty feet by twenty-five, and both
it and the adjoining salons are treated in the
Palladin style of the Italian sixteenth GEN.
fury.