Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

rain. The mantel, which is of this wood,
is especially beautiful. 1t is profusely
| carved and the sustaining columns of ma
| hogauy are very substantial
| The tiles of the fireplace are cream-col-
ored, and the hearth is framed with panels
| of Mexican ONYX, the warm coloring of
which, for it is splashed with gorgeous ruby
crimson, is a welcome foil to the delicate
tints of tile and wood. The ceiling of this
room is the conventional blue sky beloved
of doves and Cupid and Venus, all of whom
are to be found there. 1t is well painted
and an effective composition, however. The
sliding doors at the north end of this room
the points of the compass are only used in
an approximate sense-open into the library,
which is in striking contrast to the parlor,
| for it is wainscotted in dark mahogany, of
which rich wood the bookcases, window
seats and doors are also made The walls
and ceiling are finished in pale blue, over
which are spread raised emblematic figures
slightly glded. The mahogany used in
the wainscot and bookcases is in two shades,
the panels of the dark shade being framed
in the lighter The cosy window seat,
within an alcove, will be delightful retreat
| tor student with new book to read or
| lovers twain with the old, old story to
discuss.
Inc music Room In Sycamore.
Perhaps when We left the parlor we
ought to have gone across the hall to the
music room, the daintiest of all the recep-
tion rooms. Here we find the bright tint
of the sycamore prevailing. Columns with
plain capitals in the highly polished wood
frame large panels of tapestry, in one of
which Cupid is represented in tuneful strug.
gle with a bass viol, and in the other in
similar predicament with guitar. Deli
cately carved garlands fill panels of syca-
more set lengthwise around the room, and
above them, as sort of low frieze, are
panels of tapestry on which are represented.
In subdued monochrome, sets of musical in
struments.
The fireplace is set in pale blue tile, with
columns OF sycamore and cross panel con-
tanning garlands, pan-pipes and reeds.
Four windows light the room abundantly,
and the ceiling OF sky blue sprinkled with
musical Cupids playing on harps keeps up
the cheering illusion Everything IS in
strictest keeping with the character of the
room: all the decorations are symbolic of
music somehow, and even the electric light
brackets which spring from the center of
the tapestry panels are composed of silver
Cupids Tyres and the like. The chandelier
in the center is an exquisite thing of cut
glass and silver. The room will be brilliant
at night, for electric globes, in addition to
the other lights, stud the cornice.
For Dinner Parties of Tweuty-Fiye.
Leaving the music room we cross the hall
again, and passing the foot of the grand
staircase come to the dining-room, a superb
room parallel with the small hall leading to
the side door and the porte cochere 1t is
the sort of room that dinner party of 25 or
more would not find too small On the
rather dark day upon which / visited it, it
struck me that like most dining-rooms ap-
preaching the ideal this one would look
best by candle light. 1t is wainscotted
throughout in cherry, and the ceiling is
paneled in the same wood. The ceiling
is composed of circles and irregular
rectangular figures, outlined in relief The
rich wine color of the room, as result of
this use of the cherry wood, is varied only
in the fireplace and the tapestries upon the
walls. The fireplace is set with sage green
tiles, above which rises high mantel of
cherry, with two half shelves on either side
Of it for china, and electric light brackets.
A huge mirror towers above the manteL
The mirror is framed in carved cherry.
The opposite wall is filled between the
cherry panels and the cornice with a large
tapestry, on which is painted on soft grays
chiefly, a hunting scene. A hunter, armed
with rifle, aims from behind a tree at
couple of deer bounding into the
forest The chief recommendation of
this work is the admirable contrast
of color which it affords to its
deep red setting. Other intervals in the
walls between china cabinets and the like