Milford chronicle., 1892-03-11
1 HOME IN VENICE
!. snelIsHMAHs IDEAL ABODE
~ N THE CITY OF CANALS

ENfat lSffNIfAia0 ? 1 VV1l(
N THE CITY OF CANALS wor
poui
.,,., palace, It's Treasures OF Ars SIZE
p.r.onal Interest--A Few Of 'he tfae
,-snv ornaments. Pictures BooNa anu ~ ~
a.. Of Rare Brie-a-Brae' wa
w,.or some FIVE and twenty years ago ", VIII
" l9n 80 ovard resolved to make 10. To
To- 3s ood for the treasures Oh ~ lar
.iii9g ai1S- IL had gathered from the los. ~, t'.s
illsh = - heaven. a home in Venice ~, - VII
,-nd. fortunately enough INA. +te verv Pu
y Casa) Capello was Just ,aa = sn lean the po
ooroent at his disposal. y a'.1 gnglisb- W ".
1,o5e for several years OF an - baa hs
80 ~, Who had inst died. alu NJ, W. i,,ozvn e'
oet MI. Malcolm, then Meit now OF
'n,ong the English residents .sal;noSaasl,in an te
- doven, his executor. q ~ IS.Ioolyo OF
- long existed between MI Da;,-S Ais;Jsr- IN
l1S 1 I an Henry Laysrd, born OF s,l; -.,;.h Is
anu any - e taste. which has rlpeneu 80. w.
10y ~ - wears Of neighborhood ana Hh'o4 II
course. e.s tbus that the Ca Capello came S s.
~ ,o W. bands Of Sir Henry Layara' anu P
INTO 'lS t,at dav it has been his noniei f
from +be intervals of his lnlnis.erlt
ditiei -, - -,issions and his visits 70 N
duVls' - IL i-insfoll, he has returned VII
Engilsn ,1;-,o ne, zest and affection. here
ever groMllS g1.-.,S,,nded himself with hile
ne mas noble collection OF pictures
library - marbles and mosalcs'- ssuItl
ana OiOa1 angient furniture aE1EaS aEI1a bric-a-
me relics Of the. pessss, the spoils Of
AsfsnC md varied. career. Here' too IN
long q brought his wife,
sne ~ ate Sir John Guest
! '1g9 r. y baypr TB0ssible to reach the "a
! 1,--.alIo IN foot. You may cross Ilf
oiaIto 9iP and bear toward the left through
% - across a series of tortuous ana inIfl-
= ~ anta |,alIi. but the two handsome gon-
= ,i SoIos renosing on the broad bosom OF
4 tEa canal at the door of Ca Capeiio,
: hitch has every right to be called Ine
:, . s.o,f $50 sno0est to the callers the only
= -a4onal --4 method of entrance. II mas
N been said that the house Is nos oHo -, y
Of fbe largest; its aspect, however J. -, :,
q doubtedly one of the most attrac.lve LNt,,a a
n fhe most beautiful highway IN the "Oi41
q THE HOUSE
al The two sides Of the house, one IN tll' sn'
~ Pic ii San Polo, the principal, with gh'
~ - - on tbe Grand canal, give scope 10
N d;s,,Iav of color which elsewhere nlgl
a -,,a,c1ost e,arishness, but which IN venice
-, 80. 5os9 9evceIlence the city Of many coioIs
~ Dat,,ral and pleasing. As your gon
u s,la reaches the broad fight OF steps DC
he 6ind the tall green pail, you cannot lal
- - ,o+ire that every window sill pear
~. ~ l,,,-5er of flowers after our Englls
II, saskion and that the portico Is a averltaDl
AL hover. with a conservatory ovt
-. - i, which. beside the greenery, an u
bot r"ense Venetian glass chandelier IS
. -. .-.ost s+riIring object. It Is a mass
- Inc ne with depending black grapes, gre
-. - ming ouvolvuluses, canarleDss.9 -, =
,ers white iessamin, all struggS
of apparently, with no -rsIsfan M nrivate res
Ire gree of success, H1inarilv describe
yes which su BAe gronhd floor is given up
pic As is chts and the domestic offices
, of dencesslblishment. A broad staircai
the hq5he left of the entrance, on eith'
\ side Of which, fixed in the wall, is a fra
the ment of sculpture from Nineveh, leaC
The into a hall of noble proportions whiC
in divides the house itself into two un
1t
ap pieces of furniture, such as the cab
the nets, are to be foVnd; and here, too,
old pair Of admirable three-quarter lengt
nee portraits of Sir Henry and Lady La.
ard, painted in Madrid by Palmarol
due head of the Spanish academy at Rom
.ev face each other. Another portrait
non Sir Henry Layard challenges an eve
lew closer inspection-that, namely, by Lu'
at wig Passini, which was shown in the e:
me hibition Of the Royal academy. Larg
rest reception rooms give out on either sid
me of the hall, and, like it, all are hoore
age with telrazza, material which to il
The great beauty adds the advantage of By
urn ing absolutely uninhammable
e. TASTEFUL FURNISHINGS.
dg- The dining room and the drawin
lay rooms are filed, but not crowded, wit
ing beautiful works of art, including ma
Ire terpieces of such painters as Gentil
Of Beilini, Bonafazio, Sebastian del Piomh
jole and many other famous Italian MASTER
den Nor are the exquisite and delightfu
and productions Of the furnaces and worl
unit rooms of Murano forgotten. OF tn
as modern Venetian glassblowing pro-
Of esses, Sir Henry is most indisputabl
|. the founder, and some of the most pei
feet specimens Of this beautiful art art
as it is fitting, to be seen in his hous'
| as well as some beautiful inlay worl
the and the admirable woodwork by Biragh
yed who executed the famous double stall
ted case in walnut wood for Lord Win
md borne, at Cauford, under Sir Henry
the directions
DE. Sir Henrys own sanctum is on tn
lay upper floor of the Casa. Here. AT
s. records and memorials Of a more pei
) It sonal kind than were noticed in tn
. a lower reception room, and anon
be- them the Englishman does not fail
ich notice the framed certificate on illumi
mated vellum, headed "Challis, Mayor,
the which sets forth the bestowal of tn
his honorary freedom of the city of LoI
ess don upon Austen Henry Layard. Here
ept too, are some noble bronze figures
g" portfolios, huge volumes bound in vel
of lum and gold. and a host Of books
YER nearly all, it may be remarked, Of quit
ext modern iterature-tOgether with th
in latest periodicals. It is characteristic
- of Sir Henry Layards wide and com
prehensive intellect that, identified a
he is in the popular imagination wit
the history of the remOtest past o
,er which we have any knowledge, there i
rk no living man more completely wha
he the slang of the day calls 'up to date
sxt London World.
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