The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18

tecturally, but under his handiwork has become
noted as having one of the most artistic inte-
riors in Washington. His gifts appear to be
manifold, and evidences of his diversity of
talent meet the eye at every step. The most
remarkable piece of work yet accomplished by
Mr.. Tiffany is the mante in the library, where
from floor to ceiling it rises, mass of elaborate
carving. The tall, slender-legged storks and
myriad birds have been treated with the greatest
ability, and present strikingly realistic ap-
pearance. In repousse work Mr.. Tiffany has
attained the same degree OF perfection, as is
shown by the tea table which stands in one
corner of the parlor. This is of brass, hammered
out during his residence in Dresden several
years since. The top represents German
legend, the old-text lettering running in and
top, which is about three feet long by two feet
broad, is mounted in blue plush, fringe of
hammered brass surrounding it, and hot
water kettle and tea caddy of copper are ham,
mered to correspond with this table. Some fine
work in repousse silver has also been accom-
plished by Mr.. Tiffany, who at various times
has used his talent in this direction to provide
his wife and daughters with toilet sets fashioned
in this manner. Two of his daughters, Miss
Madge Tiffany and Mrs. Parker, have inherited
artistic talent from their father, and executed
some very creditable paintings as well as PEN
and-ink sketches. Among the numberless odd
pieces of rare and valuable works of art picked
up by MIR. and Mrs. Tiffany while abroad is an
Renaissance. This is highly carved, winged
angel surmounting each of the four high posters
20 hold the canopy. Another piece of furniture
is buffet of the First Empire, of gold bronze,
the top of black marble veined in gold.
HER PAINTINGS WERE IN THE PARIS SALON.
Mrs. Alfred Clifford Barney, formerly of Gin
cinnati, but for the past year with her husband
a resident of Washington, has the unusual dis
tinction for an amateur artist of having had a
painting accepted and hung in the Paris Salon.
Mr. and Mrs Barney leased a furnished house
last season, which was their first winter in Wash
ington, so that society had not the opportunity
of judging of the latter's artistic talent which
will be vouchsafed when she finally becomes set
tied here as a resident in the house now in
course of erection on Rhode Island avenue near
Seventeenth street. On the several occasions of
dinner parties given by Mrs. Barney last season
the guest cards painted by the hostess were per-
feet little gems, and as such will always be pre-
served by those for whom they were designed.
A fact not generally known is that Stanley, when
he first left England for the interior OF Africa,
started upon his exploring expedition as the
fance of Mrs. Barney, then Miss Pike, of Gin
cinnati. Upon his return it was to find his for
mer lady-loye married to her present husband.
Mrs. Edward Halliday's residence near the
British Legation is beautifed throughout the
rooms on the first floor by her own skill as an
artist. The walls of the large parlor ON the
right of the entrance are pale blue with deep
frieze, the latter having been painted on canvas
in sections and then put in place This repre-
sents a succession of fat little cupids disportng
with white-winged doves among rose bowers.
In the library the frieze has the appearance of a
tropical jungle, in which parrots maeaws, and
gay birds of paradise fly hither and yon. In the
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