Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-10-26
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Prince of Wales tower IL was redec.
GRATED shortly before the Jubilee in gold
; end white. after q veIy tasteful design
hrg.r by Prince ; bcItri g. The fur
Mnrc is # Cot j. pattern, and is
said to have been Lcsignci bv Wclbv
Pucin The doors arc cruarncnted with
most exquisite Chippendale work. In
Che center of the north window. which
looks out on the Lorth terrace, the
Homo par,i, and Et0n college, is dis
PLAYED massive god punch-bowl.
which was designed by Flaxman for the
prince re@eot. The ladle. which is a
I. very fine piece of work. is made in the
form of n trochus she'll The whole
est two thousand guincas. This room
was nearly destroyed by fire in 1858.
and again by water in 1891. 1t is only
: rsdd on grand occasions, when the
queens party Is ever sixteen. When it
.ss.nnder that number the queen prefers
to dine in the darkroom. which looks out
ON the inner quadrangle, and contains
Zine pictures of the queens four daugh-
sters-in law. When the party is too
/ laree for the dining-room St. Georges
! halls useds
The three drawing-rooms are con-
nected with the dining-room, with the
corridor, and with each other by fold,
I, ing doors, and all the doors are dec.
grated with the same unique Chippen-
dale work. The three drawing-roous
face the east and look down on the
: splendid east terrace and gardens over
the broad expanse of the Home Park
Towards Datehct, Old Windsor. The
erimson drawilg-roou is next to the
snining-room. II Is decorated and up-
l.olstered in crimson satin brocade.
which, together with the richness OF
/ the embellishments and the wealth of
riding with which it is adorned. gives
liis room very gorgeous appearance.
Superb CARVINGS, the finest orrlolu
work, and The moss eXIuisitely inlaid
cabinets lire the wall, and conspicuous
" placed in one of the windows is a
, large malachite vase, which, like the
one in the grand reception-room, was
rlven to the queen by Car Nicholas, Of
Russia.
The crimson drawing room opens into
the green, which is similarly decorated,
and furnished in the richest satin
urocade. but the prevailing color, as
might be expected, is green, by which /
90 not By Gny means mean eau dc Nil,
but green of a somewhat crude shade.
The principal feature CT this room is
the magnificent collection of Sevres
~china, which l. said to be the finest in
the world. This is another product of
the extravaCant tastes of George w.,
End the sight Of the irnumerable lovely
pieces. dolicately nodded and colored,
isaaoUCh to make collector mad with
ny However, as a rule, collectors
Wave not much time to examine very
closely, for 1t is only on rare occasions,
such IS state dinner party or by
Especial favor, that her mai esty's sub
iscts are admitted into the green draw
inq-room.
The white drawn groom is furnished
in crimson and gold damask with white
walls decorated in an essentially
Trench stvle. The walls Of this room
ere hung with numerous portraits OF
the royal family, while numuer of
cxquisitely worked cabinets and Ia
bic beautifully inlnid with Florentine
mosaic in the form of flowers and fruit
ere among the principal ornaments. 1t
sin the white drawing-room that the
queen holds private invesritures of the
kniGhtly orders. when few ministers
ere summoned from town in order to
form council for the occasion.
Luncheon is he'd GrSt in the dining
ioom The queen then proceeds by
the corridor to the white drawing-roon.
while the company pass through the
crimson and green rooms to the same
destination.
The drawing-rooms were cleaned not
long ago and the furniture rearranged,
but otherwise they have been left I'M
touched. The hangings and stuffs with
which the chairs and sofas are covered
might with advantage be altered, for
though they are very rich the style is
old fashioned, belonging to the early
period of her majesty S reign, and shows
only too clearly and somewhat plainly
to the eye the advances that art has
made since then. The queen, however,
is very conservative in her tastes, and
she likes the old fashions One of the
curiosities Of this portion of the private
Apartments IS Mozart.s old harpsichord
Which stands in one Of the tab win
n5111HAiyh overlook the private, gar
IA III js o quainsSS1other shabby
lobl y ltsime ~ 4 double set
CT EcSs, GaeJG Ire all con-