Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-22


feet harmony.
! artistic com bination of orange, lemon,
ivory and gold. All the ornaments
are in free-hand relief work and flow
ers.
The oriental den is carried out in
the true Moorish style in all the de-
tails of the decoration and furnishing.
Here, by q lavish use of brilliant col
oring in the decorations and furnish
ings, a gorgeous, yet harmonious,
effect has been produced. This room,
with its Moorish arches. pillars. can
opies, couches, draperies, armorial
Furnishings, tabourettes. prayer rugs,
etc., makes one of the striking and
attractive features of the building.
The general tone of the wall is deep
olive green The freize aud ceiling
are highly ornamented in the bright
oriental colorings. and to heighten
the effect the woodwork is finished in
ebony, with metallic trimmings.
Beautiful Court.
The rotunda, which is 30x40, three
stories in height, has a glass and
metal ceiling and an enriched pan eled
wall above the first story. The cor
nices and relief work are in old ivory
and gold. The wall is real empire
red. Massive marble columns with
carved capitals support the cell
ings between the rotunda and
main corridors, which lead to the
two streets. The walls of the corri-
doris are also empire red. The cell
ings are covered with an ornate de-
sign in relief, the coloring blending
from the wall color to the olive and
buff of the ceiling. The wainscoting
is four and half feet high, of
Brocadillo marble with dove blue
base and cap. The counter is of Ten
nessee marble with Irvanton jasper
top. The bookkeeper's and cashiers
desk rail on the counter will be
oxidized copper. All of the office
furniture is new and of the best and
most artistic design and finish-ma
hogany upholstered with leather. The
floor is marble mosaic The office is
lighted with three hundred incandes-
cent lights artistically arranged and
making a fine distribution of illumIn-
alton. The chandeliers are of Roman
gold with onyx globe shades. Re-
cessed in the wall at the west side of
the rotunda is a fire place 10 feet wide
and II feet high.
EIaborately Furnished Bar.
The bar is the most deliberately
building. The fixtures are solid ma
hogany of the most massive and sub
stantial build, finished with a piano
polish, trimmed with FURNISHED bronze
and fitted with every convenience and
luxury known to modern bar. The
cut glass ware is of tasteful design.
In the rear end of the room are two
coy corners of paneled mahogany
with leather upholstery. The marble
floor, the blue-veined marble VAIN
scot with the dove blue trimming and
the mahogany woodwork are admira-
bly, set off by the prevailing tone of
peacock blue of the decorations, W hich
are unique, artistic and very elabor-
ate. The peacock is the motive for
the decorations and the entire color
scheme and design are carried out in
the colors of the peacock. In the
ceiling are three panels, two circular
and one eliptical, in which are life
size nude figures representing the
diamond. ruby and sapphire. Be
tween these panels are peacocks in the
natun al colors, with ornament en-
twined about, and covering the entire
ceiling. The ceiling is framed with a
heavy enriched cornice in green and
gold. The side wall is paneled with
peacocks and ornaments. The room
is lighted with three chandeliers in
Roman gold. suspended from the cei-
ling, and by an artistic and novel ar
rangement of lights in the arches of
the back bar.
S. j. Collins had general supervis-
ion of the work of remodeling the
hotel. William &. Andrews, of Gin
ton, Iowa, planned and executed the
frescoing and relief which
are exceedingly clever, and will add
to the reputation this young artist
has already won for himself bv his
brilliant work. Rutledge Bros, of
Chicago. did the painting and decor
ating in the sleeping rooms. Davis
company had the plum bling, steam
fitting and electric wiring contract;
Peoria Steam Marble works the mo-
sale thing and marble work; Thomp-
son X Son the plastering; galvan-
lied iron work, DAVID Noftsker. The
iron work was furnished by the Dav-
export Foundry and Machine COM
pany and the hardware by j. w.
Stewart.
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