The Washington times., 1895-05-13
Gorgeous F0Stiu8
Boards Of Rich Men.

At most only two of his waking hours
are spent by the millionaire in his dining
| room. But 1t must be as perfect in every
detail and as harmonious in tone as though
the owner were Confined 10 that one spot
from early morn to dewy eve There can
only be certain articles of furniture in a
dining-room. and as mahogany is the ac-
| cepted woOd, it would seem that ali of these
apartments must be of one pattern, varying
only in Size But tapestries, mahogany,
silver, and gold are treated differently by
every individual, and there is not a sugges-
ton OF sameness in any of the State dining
halls in New York.
George Gould bought the stone palace
on Sixty seventh street and Fifth avenue
as a present for his wife in 1892, and at the
Gould -Castellane wedding the other day
ths public caught a glimpse of it for the
first time. Every one has been talking OF
it ever since, and particularly of the wonder
full dining room, where the wedding
breakfast for 100 guests was served.
Passing through the Moorish parlor,
with its walls of ebony, inlaid with mother
of pearl, past the East India room and the
gold room, which is used for music-room,
one enters the dining room The floor
is covered with rich warm rags, and the
walls are paneled in mahogany up to the
| door and window castings The upper
part OF the wall is OF dark red embossed
leather, and the ceiling is raftered with
mahogany covered with duh gold
MAHOGANY AND GOLD.
The oblong table ard the chairs are Of
mahogany, inIaid with wreaths OF mother
of-pearl and gold. From chains in the cell
ing hang eight beautiful Moorish lanterns
Of dark gold, richly jeweled Electricity
is used for lighting them, and the effect is
| lndeseribable of the soft colored lights fall
ing upon the table with its covering OF
white satin damask, golden eandelabra
and service and glistening cut glass
Palms and ferns are everywhere, over
the doors, and windows and in the corners
OF the room, wherever there is space for
the jardinieTes OF delicately colored porce-
lain. Just beyond the dining room is the
conservatory, filled with the rarest of or
chids and all kinds OF foliage plants from
the famous Gould conservatories at Lynd-
hurst
SOLID OAK HERE.
Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt, the mother
of Cornelius and George, has a magnifi-
ent dining room in her beautiful brown
stone palace opposite the Cathedral on
Fifth avenue. Mrs. Vanderbilt lives alone
in this spacious house with her unmarried
son. George, who divides his time between
New I ork and his own estates in North Car
olina and Bar Harbor. The dining -room is
in solid oak, magnificenuy carved. There
is an immense fireplace with carved oaken
designs in bas- relief at one end Of the room,
opposite 10 the door leading into the Japan
ese smoking room
A buffet fills one entire sid e Of the room,
and between the eight windows with which
this corner room is supplied there are cabi-
nets OF plate-g glass filled with the costIiest
Sevres, Coalport, and Royal Dresden The
oak table is magnificently carved and
matches the solid oak chairs and the carving
upon the mantel and the dOorways and
windows TIE hangings are beautiful tapes
tries, lined with velvet of nearly as possible
the same beautiful oak shade as the fur
nishings.
Bowls and tanEards andIoving cupsofmas
sive silver and cut glass, which sparkle like
diamonds in the Ted light OF the great open
fire, give just the right amount OF dazzling
brilliancy to the quiet tones OF the stately
dining room. All of this splendor is seen
day after day only by the dear old lady, who