The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
vANDERBlLT'S NEW YACHT.
The Largest and Most Handsomely APP
pointed Af1oat.
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pointed AfOat.
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Mr.. W K. Vanderbilt's yacht, the Val
liant, which has just been completed by
Messre. Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Iron Works, will sail for the United
States in few days. She is the largest
yacht afloat, being 31a feet long, "a feet
broad, 2,4O0 tonnage, and driven by twin
screws with engines developing 1900
horse power. She is also full brig
rugged.
There are in all about twenty stats
rooms, and no guest of Mr.. Vanderbilt
will have reason to complain of lack of
comfort or convenience. For the gen
eral accommodation there is rnagnifi-
cent saloon and library. The saloon
is eighteen feet in length and thirty
four feet in width, running practically
the whole breadth of the ship. The
general design is OF the Louis Quatorze.
The wood is fine grained French pine,
resembling English poplar. The carving
is simply exquisite, every foot OF the
wall panelling being rich in high relief
carving, beautifully done. On one side
of the hall is a 81, 900 Steinway piano.
The furniture is upholstered IN rich
crimson velvet.
The dome of the saloon rises TO me
upper deck, and a soft, sensuous light
creeps gently through it's stained panes
to the saloon below. Leaving the. saloon
hundred foot passage, arched and
beautifully decorated, leads to the
library. This apartment is of rich, dark
walnut, unpublished; the panels ana 1
pilasters rich with the most beautiful
carving, which indeed embellishes the
entire apartment. The fireplace is OF
glazed brick, and in the CRATE is set a
black iron cauldron to receive the fire.
Coming to the single rooms, Mrs.
Vanderbilt's apartments'are first. Inc
bedroom is rich, but chaste in style,
which is Sheraton ssenameled white, and
picked out with gold, the ceiling beng
of rich fibrous plaster, also enameled
ivory white. All the furniture and
equipments are thus tinted, and the wall
paneling and draperies are OF an CID rose
color. The wooden bedstead is similarly
enameled and draped, and the carpet is a
beautiful gray Saxony. Out OF the bed
room is neat bathroom.
Going up from the main to the upper
deck one finds Mrs. Vanderbilt's sitting
room, beautiful apartment in. the old
Adams style, the furniture, Trainings
and castings being of dark mahogany,
and the, upholsterings and..hangings OF
a peculiar green Powered silk. The apart
ment is about sixteen feet square. Miss
Vanderiblt's room is also very hand
some me in the Cawthorne style of some
ninety years ago, the draperies being a
peculiar blue, and the ceiling fine bit
| Of Tynecastle work, with friezes of SINH
| lar work.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's forward stateroom is
another exceedingly taseful and elaborate
apartment, the treatment OF the. detail
| in decoration and paneling revealing the
choicest combinationof coloring and deli
cate treatment. The bedstead is Of
| Pollard oak, with convenient cupboards
below; the footboard, paneled and
carved and havinga canopy headboard,
presents the acme of elegance and COM
fort. Adjoining this room, and ap-
paneled and carved doors, is the bath
room and lavoatory, fitted up and decor
ated in the most approved and elegant
manner Mr.. Hoyt's (Mr .Vanderbllt's
private secretary room is fitted up in
richly figured Spanish mahogany.
The visitors room is also fitted up in
| Spanish mahogany, and is asumptuously
| appointed apartment, containing as It
| does large cabinet or sideboard fitted
with ranges of drawers, silvered beveled
| plates, ETC.; a large washstand with
| cupboard, marble top land paneled
| marble back and sides; a range of cup
| boards fitted with sliding doors, shelves,
etc., runs under the ports, with
| specially designed writing cabinet and
| bookcase ,fitment intervening and next
the bath, which is again paneled and
| nodded in mahogany, and has the nova
BILE upholstered top for the purpose of a
| lounge. The ceiling frieze and beams
/ are covered with Tynecastle tapestry,
decorated in tone of cream white.
The captains room is another very
finely appointed room, fitted up in ma:
| hooany and containing wardrobes fitted
into corners, having trays, drawers ano
| ali necessary fittings. The bath is pan
eled and nodded with mahogany, anc
has an upholstered top. The whole Of
this work, also the furnishing OF thu
officers quarters, linens, etc, have peer
supplied by Messrs. S. j. Warning q Sons
Limited, of London, Liverpool -sant
Manchester, who have a special appoint
ment as furniture manufacturers, decor
ators, etc, to Her Majesty, the Queen
A fine social hall in the Francois l. styl
is completely fitted in fumed oak, witt
elaborate. carvings, the coverings OF tn
furniture and draperies being of rich re'
damask. The general staterooms at tn
after end of the ship are all pretty nue.
alike in their elegance, but are drape'
in different colored silks or tapestries
The pantries and galleys fitted up b
the builders of the ship have been mos
completely carried out. The deckhouse
are all of iron, covered with fine teak
The main companion way is panele
with the most beautiful figures Of tea
highly polished. There is smoke roo1
in Spanish mahogany. All the crew
quarters and servants apartments al
most comfortably and even selegantl
got up-in fact the whole ship, fro,1
. Stem to stern, and from keelson to truck
is comfortable, pretty and strong.