Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-10-05
MRS. AkmouR's $4,000 ORDER.
It was For Japanese Furnishings for the
smoking Room.

II Was For Japanese Furnishings For the
smoking Room.
The placing of an order for Mrs. Og-
den Armour of Chicago with a san
Francisco firm for $40, 600 worth OF
japanese art work and carving has
brought co light the fact that when the
artists shall have finished their work III
her new residence there will be one room
therein absolutely without a peer III
point OF treatment in this or any other
country. This particular room Will be
the smoking room.
Two celebrated artists have collabo-
rated IN tho work, ore furnishing the
general des:G1 for the treatment Of the
room. the Cher working out the detail
and dccC.l.3oDs.
It VIII 10 some time before the deco
rat0rs can actually get to work putting
the material Ii place, for rouch Of it IS
to be specially imported. The furniture
is al to be carved in Japan and China
from special models, and the tapestries
and upholstery are all to be specially
made.
The room will be done in q prevail
ing tone-that is, a delicate division
between cid rose and old copper. The
floor will be in ~parqueterie, with d pro
fusion of specially woven japanese rugs
and mats.
The wall covering will be Of silk
brocade, the ground color of which, the
old copper spoken of, will give the pre-
vailing tone to the color scheme of the
whole. In the weaving of this brocade
a great deal Of gold thread will be used,
not merely to give lines and suggestions
Of color, but in masses Of rich emboss-
ing.
The mural decorations are to be 1are
KaklmonOs, IN colOrs harmOnizing with
the tone Of the room, but each Il to be
a worthy example of the best japanese
pictorial art, both in subject and treat
ment. Some of these will be hung like
tapestries, while others will be framed
with the general effect sought. Some Of
the kakimOnos already selected are the
work of the most famous old masters CT
Japan.
The furniture is all to be Of ebony in
laid with mother of pearl. The carving
is all to be done in the orient by native
artists, and the designs show a wealth
and richness of carving seldom seen
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The cabinets will abound in lacquer.
They will be marvels of Japanese in
genuity in sliding panels, hidden doors
and secret lockers and drawers. The
lacquer will be the expensive and high
ly priced gold lacquer, in sharp but rest
full contrast with the carved black
ebony.
The smoking outfits will be IL silver
and bronze, in grotesque forms. They
will contain. after the Japanese tanner,
little receptacIes to hold lighted char
coal and others to contain the paper
tapers0 by which fire is transferred from
the charcoal to the pipe or cigar. There
will be unexpected compartments for
the various kinds of tobacco, with ash
trays that are the despair of the workers
in hammered metals.
There will, of course, be japanese
screens and vases and jardinieres in
cloisonne and other varieties of japanese
pottery.
Such another smoking room probably
cannot be found i'll Christendom or out
of it.AAnd with7the rapidity with which
foreign goods and custom arc coming into J
service5in Japanrit probably will not be
long before there cannot be found, even
in Japan, such a thoroughly japanese
apartment as the smoking oCm Of Mrs.
Ogden Armour's house. Chicago Trib-
une.