Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-06-01
CUELN TICTORIA'S HOLE
ASrApc. mint Of tho Apartments
at WinGsor Castle
k>e1s I ,te which xsrs Bat MEMBER
Of the Issysl Family Are psrnaitssd
70 Gsssr Rieh s.sA Csstly
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The state dining-room 1t Windsor
castle Is. according TO the Pail Mall
Gazette, . very fine apartment in the
Prince of Wales tower 1t WAS redec-
grated shortly before the jubilee in gold
and white. after = very tasteful design
chosen 10y Princess Beatrice The fur
niture ia Of . Gothic pattern. and II
said to have been designed by Weiby
Pugin. The doors are ornamensed with
most exquisite ChippendAle work. In
the center Of the north window, which
looks out on the north terrace, tho
Home park. and Eton college, IL dis
played Q massive gold punch-bowl.
which was designcd by Flsxmsn for the
prime regent. The ladle. which 10 .
very ane piece Of work. is made In the
form OF q trochus shell. The whole J
cost two Thousand guineas. This room
vrs nearly Destroyed By fire In 1858,
and again ny water in 1901. II Is only
used on grand OCCASIONS, when the
queens party Ia over sixteen. When It
IL under that nunbc- the queen prefers
10 dine ia the oalsroom. which looks out
on tho inner quadrangle, AMI contains
Hne pictures Of the queens four daugh-
terrain law. Whom the party Is too
large for the diaing-room st. Georges
hall Ia used.
The three drswing-rooms arc con-
nected with the diring-room, with the
corridor, and with each other by fold
in9 doors. and all the doors are dec
Grated with the same unique CAippen-
dale work. The three drawing-roou,s
face the east and look down ON the
splendid east terrace and gardens over
the broad expanse Of the Home Park
towards Datchet, Old Windsor. The
crimson drawing-room Il next 70 the
dining-room. II Is decorated and up
holstered In crimson aatin orocade,
which. together with the richness OF
the embellishments and the wealth Ut
gliding with which it In adorned. gives
this room . very gorgeous appearances.
Superb carvings, the dnest ormolu
work, and the most exquisitely inlAid
cabinets LIMO the wall, and conspicuous
" placed In one Of the windows Is .
large malachite vase, which, like the
one in tho grand reception-room, was
g,ven to the queen BY Car Eicholas, OF
Russia.
The crimson drawing-room opens into
the green, which II similarly decorated,
and furnished In the richest satin
brocaale, but the prevailing color. a
might be expssted. Il green. BY which l
do not By any means mean eau de MI,
bat Rroen of . somewhat crude shade.
The principal feature Of this room u
the magnificent cole .tioa of Sevres
china, which Ii said to be the Enest In
tho world. This Is another product Of
the extravagnrt tastes Of George w.,
and the sight Ct tho innumerob BILE lovely
pieces. dclL:atsly nodded and colored.
10 snossa to make . collector mad with
envy. However, a. Q rule, collectors
have not much time to examine very
closely. for At is only on rare occasions,
snch - . state dinner party or ey
special favor, that her rnajesty's sat,
ieots arc admitted into the green draw.
ing.room-
The white drUwing-room u Furnished
in crimson and gold damssk with white
walls decorated in an essentially
French style. The walls Of this room
arr hung with numerous portraits o.
the royal family. while u number o,
exquisitely worked cabinets and "a
bio beautifully inlaid with Florentins
mosaic In the form of flowers and frui
arc among the principal ornamental I
u In the white drawing-room that tn
queen holds private invessitures Of TIT
kuiphtly orders, when . few minister
are summoned from town in order Il
form council for tho occasion
Luncheon is held fr.t In the dining
room. The queen then proceeds b.
the corridor " the white drawing room
while tine company poss through tn
. crimson and green rooms to the sam
destination.
The drewiny-roOWS were cleaned no
lonH ago aad the furnitur, rearrsngec
but otherwise they have been left ur
touched The hangings and stuffs wit
With the chairs end sOias are cOvere
might with advantage be altered. fo
though they are very rich the style
: old fashioned. belonging to the earl
: period of her majesty reign. and show
. only too clearly and somewhat piainl
, to the eye tho advances that art ha
/, made since then. The queen. hOweve
IL very conservative In her tastes. AZ
. she likes tho old fashions One of Ii
, curiosities Of this portion Of the privs'
G apartments is Mozart's cid hsrpsicho'
which stands In ono Of the tall vii
D dows which overlook the private "a
den. II 10 . quaint. rather shabb
? looking instrument with . double g
Z Of keys. Those fne rooms are oil col
I nected by the grand corridor II
!. very handsomely decorated. the ceiiir
h in gold and cream and the walls
e sage green and gold. II |. hung on o.
r eide with pictures of the events In th
reign from WILKES FIRST Council"
Unions Marriage Of the Duke Of 4
bany." The other aide ID lined wi
4: porsraits Of statesmen. including Ana
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