Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26
A Glimpse Into the Finest Bachelor
Apartments in America.
WHOLE WORLD UNDER TRIBUTE.
Interior Decorations Dictated by Cultivated
Taste and Wealth.
DESCRIPTION IN MINUTE DETAIL

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they seldom catch a glimpse Of bachelor
apartments It is there that the masculine
taste is supreme and the fair will be inter-
ested in a secondhand glimpse if they can
not get one first-hand.
As a fair type have selected the palatial
bachelor apartments Of Lewis 6. Tewks-
! bury, Esq. the successful banker, in the Will
braham apartment house, corner of Fifth
| avenue and Thirtieth street. New York, for
| description. They are the finest in this
country, and perhaps in the world. Mr..
Tewksbury's apartments on the third floor
are reached by an elevator. A major-domo
in livery conducts us along q corridor laid
in a mosaic of tiles, the walls of which are
wainscoted in polished oak, and otherwise
painted a robin 's-egg blue and the ceiling
hand frescoed. The entrance door we are
in search of, above which is panel of
Moorish grille work, is decorated with the
silver monogram of the banker. There is
also silver knocker, intended more for or
nament than use, for there is an electric
bell at the side of the door. A square hall
chair in polished oak occupies corner to
the left of the door.
Novelty at Every Turn.
Mr.. Tewksbury, personally, is a most
charming gentleman, and has the appear
ance of an artist, rather than that Of the
ideal rotund banker. We are bewildered
by the beauty and quaintness of the sur
roundings in the vestibule, and see through
the tapestried openings of the reception
room and drawing room visions of still more
delightful interiors
With the closing of the outer door there
comes the chime of an @olian harp, at
tached thereto, whose strings are beaten
irregularly and fitfully by the swinging of
little bronze pendulums. The door is other
wise decorated with beautiful tapestry,
the subject being 'The Flower Girl" The
hardwood floor is covered with Administer
rugs, and the walls are wainscoted in pol
ished oak, above which they are covered
with Persian tapestry. The ceiling is tint.
ed in drab and cream hues. On either side
OF the vestibule, right above the wainscot-
ing, are hat racks in polished brass, made
from designs by Mr.. Tewksburv himself
There are oak chairs upholstered in antique
leather in special designs. In the corner is
a cuckoo clock that calls out the hours, and
there is lamp of Bower-barff iron flagree.
While inspecting tive lamp Mr.. Tewks-
bury laughingly requests us to help our
selves to a bottle from what seemed to be a
basket of champagne. We. discover, how
ever, that the seeming bottles of wine are
simply the decorative lid of waste basket.
Above the basket against the wall, is an
upright mirror resting on bracket, fanked
by q shield and spear, on which are hat
brushes and European novelty in the
shape of a cigar lighter Amongst the
other decorative appurtenances Of the vesti-
bule is en- umbrella jar in Chinese blue
porcelain, containing novelties in canes and
umbrellas from all parts of the world. There
is also Chinese mask, from which depends
a whisk broom, and from the casing of the
reception room a fnely-modeled head of q
bull dog scowls at the visitor.
In the Reception Room.
As we enter the reception room our ears
are saluted by the Westminster chimes of
an English hall clock in mahogany which
stands in one corner of the apartment,
reaching almost from floor to ceiling.
Hardly has the clock ceased its musical
vibrations when from another chamber we
hear the a1iming of q diminutive Swiss
clock, as though echoing the more sonorouS
tones of its companion. The floor of the
reception room is profusely covered with
Oriental rugs, and before the fireplace d
is spread the hide of an i'm
mense grizzly bear, whose head with
grinning mouth is startling in
its naturalness AS if to balance the horror of
its open jaws, on the other side of the apart
ment there is marble statue of the Venus
de Milo on marble pedestal, which is
thrown into sharp relief by the royal blue
silk drapery that decorates the wall behind
it, supported by two antique battle axes
These subjects are supplemented with ORR
entail fabrics, antique armor and bric-a-brac,
so that wherever the eve turns it is feasted
by the most costly and beautiful objects.
A large tapestry panel to the right on en-
tering the room, has for its subject 'The
Wine Cellar" A cavalier in the style of
Charles I. is holding up an empty glass to a
comely maiden who is filling it with wine.
There are scattered on the floor Forentine
Chianti TASKS, and, to complete the reality
of the picture, Mr.. Tewksbury has hung
some real TASKS right upon the picture it.
self This tapestry has for border a sitting
of silk plush of salmon red tint, ac-
companied by double lines of mouldings in
cream and white.
An Immense Luxurious Divan.
On the opposite wall the picture is bal
anced by another tapestry still more beauti-
full, the subject of which is Ariadne The !
most conspicuous object in the furnishing !
of the apartment is the immense divan COW |
cred with Kis Kelim rug, camels hair |
blankets draping the wall behind The |
divan is supplemented with an array of en- !
broidered cushions stuffed with elder down,
and beautifully upholstered in silk. In
the center of the floor there is card table
covered with Daghesan rug The table
possesses the popularity of having four
triangular chairs fitted underneath the leaf
but which are easily removable, thus FORM
ing four seats for card party. Beside the
table Is figure in Venetian carved wood,
of a how seated on a drum h01dinp out
with his left hand tray of cigars and
cigarettes, while IN his right hand he wieIds
q drumstick. In the center of the table is
a magnificent porcelain lamp, the pillar of
which is decorated with gold feur-de-lis in
relief, and surm )unted by an immense /
maroon silk shade, covered with black
Spanish lace. Right above the lamp, sus-
pended from the ceiling, hangs magnii-
cent electrolier in FURNISHED copper, fash
loned to represent huge feur de lis in full
bloom. amid whose bower Of leaves CLEAN
numbers of incandescent lights of various
colors The electrolier extends downward
and Eliminates the lamp above referred to-
The entire structure from table to ceiling is
unique, and the result is very beautiful.
Standing on a pedestal at the entrance to
The be 1chamber is colored French bronze
statue of Don QuIxote on a venetian stand
If carved wood. On the other side of the
1ivan is Sheraton chiffoniere desk of rose
wood, beautifully inlaid with marquetry, on
,op Of which stands blue and white porce-
ain jardiniere OF great beauty.
Beauty of the Bedchamber.
'Now," said our host, after we had ex-
mined in detail the appointments of the re-
,eption room, 'let me show you the bed
and SO saying he drew aside
magnificent portiere in old blue silk plush