Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-28
VANDERBILT BOUOOIRS.
The Youngest Vanderbilt Belle Has Cham
bers Fit For a Princess, With Walls of
of Azure Silk-Some Are In Old Gold.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Old rose is the col
or chosen by Mrs Vanderbilt for the bout
dOir which is for her own exclusive use in
the palace newly built by Cornelius Van
derbilt on the corner of Fifth avenue and
Fifty-SeVenth street Mrs Vanderbilt 5
suite of rooms are on the Fifty-seventh
street side and face exactly across to the
house of Mr.. William G. Whitney, on the
opposite corner, and into the rooms fitted
up year ago by Mrs. Whitney for her de-
butante daughter, Pauline. The suite con-
sists, like all the other six suites of the
house, of three rooms-a bedroom, a bou-
doir and a bathroom. The prevailing col
or is old rose, and this shade is found upon
the walls, which are covered with old rose
satin, and upon the floors, where there is a
delicate old rose carpet, and upon the fur
niture, which is covered with old rose
damask efrich and rare quality.
The wood is rosewood, and the bedstead
is of the same material, hung with cur
tains of old rose satipAl lined with white
silk. On the walls there are Cupids and
nymphs carrying cornucopias filled with
roses. This gives the old rose tone to the
walls, which are in white and gold.
An Onyx bathroom,
The bathroom with Mrs. Vanderbilt s
suite is largely of onyx. The tub and bowls
are of this material, and the floors ARE tiled
and nearly all IF onyx. The effect is very
pleasing and much less oppressive than is
usually the case where so much money has
been spent upon house and upon the fur
nishing of private suites.
Miss Gertrude's boudoir is a very dainty
thing in white and blue. There is not a
particle of gold in the room. But the
effect is indescribably beautiful, more SO
than if it were entirely of gold and blue,
as was her old suite The mantel is of
white enamel. Over it is big mirror
perfectly round, around which is a wreath
of flowers, blue and white and rose color
The chairs are all of white enamel and are
upholstered in very pale blue which is ex-
actly the shade of the carpet. The walls
are of dead" white, but there are long
effective panels of the blue which set them
off beautifully. Over the writing desk
there are panels of the blue, and upon the
ceiling are blue birds and pale flying fig
ures like angels. The motive is as if there
were birds in cloudless sky and few
dim forms in the very distant heavens.
Dream Of Blue and White.
The bedroom in this ethereal suite is a
dream in white and blue The carpet is
blue, with flower of white thrown down
here and there.
AHe oatnroom Oh MS suite Is dream In
pretty decoration. 1t has sky effect upon
the ceiling, and the walls are cloudeA and
shade up to it. The tub and bowls are all
of the purest white marble and porcelain.
All three rooms of the suite face the park
and are the most slightly in the house.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's private rooms are on
the other side of the house and are done in
dark green. The cost of Miss Vanderbilt's
private rooms is said to be about 1900,
not counting of course the value of the
house, but merely the furnishings. That
of Mrs. Vanderbilt. with its rosewood, onyx
and gold, cost twice as much. When Miss
Vanderbilt makes her long deferred debut,
she will have rooms fine as a princess in
which to don the gown in which she meets
society for the first time.