Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-05
A Magnificent Residence
IS THE PALATIAL NEW HOME OF
THos. CARTER, FORMERLY OF
MEXICO, IN ST. LOUIS.
A Description of Some of the Rooms
Which Sounds Like Fairyland
and Would Make a Princess
Jealous.

Jealous.
The St.Louis Mirror speaking of the
new residence, in st. Louis, Just erect
ed by Mr.. T. w. Carter, formerly of
Mexico, says:
The new home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Carter, in Portland Place, is a
, marvel of elegance and beauty both in
} the architectural design and the ex-
quisite taste displayed in the interior
J decoration. The latter was almost
entirely designed by the fair Chate-
lame herself, whose aesthetic ideas
were artistically carried out by Brooks,
of Cleveland, who is considered the
finest decorator in the United States.
The house is a very large one, stand
ing in a lot 200 feet wide and is built of
gray stone in the Romanesque style,
the massive arch of the doorway, sup
ported by rounded buttresses, with
C~oriuthIan caps, carved in acanthus
leaves and the heads of some of the
most famous Roman emperors. The
spacious hall is lit by a magnificent
old Roman chandelier of wrought iron
and carpeted with a costly African rug
of crimson and black, while the win
dows and doorways arc hung with
crimson velvet portieres and the walls
with antique tapestry below the great
oaken beams of the roof. This hall is
divided by lofty arches, forming an
arcade, but its chief glory is a fine
stairway of oak, winding in graceful
curves to the next floor, the rounded
newell posts carved in lions heads and
convolvulus, with circular balconies
above, supported by delicate piIasters,
somewhat after the Moorish fashion.
Words can scarcely paint the wondrous
beauty of the Louis XIV. salon of green,
ivory and gold, the walls hung with
green and ivory brocade satin and the
floor covered with lovely green ar
pet bordered in gold. The Window
curtains are of finest point lace, with
gorgeous draperies of green and ivory
brocade silk, lined with gold colored
satin and the portieres of the door
ways of superb green watered silk,
also lined with gold satin. The man
tel of ivory enamel has a splendid fac
ing of pale green onyx set in gold,
with a mirror above framed in gold in
the Rocco style. The furniture, with
its carved gilt frames of Renaissance
designs, is upholstered in magnificent
lowered brocade on an ivory ground,
which is an exact copy of one of the
gowns of Marie Antoinette. The rare
old Vienna Cabinets and consols are
exquisitely painted and contain rare
specimens of bric-a-brac. From this
apartment of royal splendor, the eye
is attracted by the vivid pink tones of
the Louis XVI. reception room adjoin-
ing, with its portieres of rare old pink
tapestry and striped pink silk, lined
with pale pink satin. The walls are
covered with the same glorious Rose
du Barry pink and the foot of the visi-
tor sinks into the soft pile of a pink
carpet. The furniture, upholstered in
SILK Drocade, although very elegant,
does not come up to the fastidious re-
quirements of the mistress of the es-
Enlistment and is shortly to be re-
placed by a valuable set of old mar !
quetrie and is to be Lit by a superb
lamp of pale green cut-glass.
Another chef d'oeuvre of the in .
terieur is the First Empire dining
roc with mantel and furniture of
carved San Domingo mahogany, the
beauties of the apartment reproduced,
like a picture, in a rejecting mirror
above the mantei. The walls are in
green and gold Japanese leather and I
over the lace curtains fall draperies l
of Imperial green, embroidered in the {
Napoleonic laureal wreath. The man |
is unique and a miracle of fine
work with its Corinthian pillars of {
and across the front a mar J
velously wrought Egyptian chariot l
by flying horses, in the same
valuable metal. Even the brass and
irons are crowned with Imperial .
wreaths. Above the elegantly carved O
dining table swings a richly wrought b
chandelier of ormolu with a crimson t
shade which gives just the touch of il
color needed in this handsomely ap- Y
pointed sale a Manager. Next to it is q
crimson breakfast room, which, t,
ike all the other rooms, is very large, d
md later is to be converted into a ,
when Mr.. Carter will build a a
Inc conservatory on the east side. b
Mrs. Carter's bed room ia of the 81
COLONIAL period, with pale green and 7,
brocade silk walls and white en- r
mantel embellished by ia
yreaths of flowers and upheld by fiut- m
I'd Colonial pillars. The furniture is se
# solid red mahogany, iniaid with long
prays of pink roses and leaves, done
n wood brought from the Holy Land,
n their natural tints. The curtains in
his are Of Honiton lace and the bc
arpet has rosettes to match those on w,
he furniture. The chdmbre a coucherI
{ the pretty daughter of the house,
is still a school girl, is in the ~
"eJHO "h III PihA anu koIN.
he costly brass bed is gracefully
raped in pink silk and the windows X,
real lace, while the floor is covered be
y a delicate pink carpet with here
nd there a fine white fur rug. The 90
'hite enamelled manteI, with its at,
of dainty Dresden china, has 40
ink tiling and the dainty dining case,
'ashstand etc. are of birds-eye maple.
The white and gold bath room divid- Tie
lg these two bed rooms is of Italian Tn
'arble, with ornate things, painted in fol
daisies and carnations, and the
light is filtered through shells 20,
cut glass. The billiard room on the wv
lird floor is a very handsome n and m
a never failing source Of pleasureto NJ,
le gentlemen of the house and their stv
There are many other beau rio
rooms in this palatial mansion 20.
with an individuality that speaks aI1
olumes for the perfect taste of Mrs. %;
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