New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
VICTORIA'S PRIVATE ROOMS
HER SIMPLE TASTE SHOWN IN FURNI-
TURE AND DECORATIONS.

belong to any one of her wealthier subjects who
dsnf arse sed eeoeeo9 Of pictures and
sketches and fun circle of relations and friends
and gold Heavy damask draPeries frame the win win,
short curtains Of snowy muslin The blinds oi
a dainty material called diaphane. In WnlSn alS
motto of the Garter The furniture IS principally
damask that drapes the windows, The walls are
panelled in the same silk. and here the constant
of oweT Mond 5
for the nEmPer @ Of Ta within Oh so
Of the ceiling Of deep cream and g0d 10 %nSsb wn n
patterned with delicate tTaoery OF sGT0s dNaIs ane r
a pale eogf ge9 sn wR o
panels and gold moudings. -,. 49,,
sue the dressing IN Pa and bed only
6Gm the sng in in soft hade ss OF a 9 s h
he the latter RapeFed with If rich b crimson crimson
p1e rooms @Gsr @ to
ures; In the. eyes of their owner each separate
among the portraits and lar mlandseaPeS the oils water
Prince Consorf. The best of these. which hangs
in the sitting ROOM opposite the fireplace. is life
Pnce su sd IN walking and
M G m most op IN @ hangs ms So%
the cabinet on the left of the fireplace also shows
costume, and the fruits in fur and feather Of his
fa sport LIZ PgaPed Be at his feet d The Da bOy
skye terrier are playing en- the floor while ,tsL Her
her slender griish Shoulders bare stands at her
husbands side The picture. which painted
dss9 Os X sg e SeW of the East T
race and the park beyond. and is replete with
SOME OF THE PORTRAITS.
delightful little picture in an old fashioned
gilt frame Of carved wood shoys the Prince Con Ss
vet doublets slashed with white satin. and wearing
the collar and order Of st, George Close by hangs
figure seng faz the rnes mest
FAM hal of he
at Buckingham Palace June 1S. 1851 1t Is a
Of 5"far hPf' ee S in ncy dress when
quite m ny 6S of Of m er n in a hf FH
Guards in another he Is attired as bluff KinE Ha, @
sn snd ed m
T MILDLY uniform There b Is also ,s oniSs nIg
She wears lovely white lace frock and is lying
II in the t' Queens Bedroom hang two portraits Of
Prince Albert and his brother. In their youth;
Een and also pictorial recoectio% Of her roO
Rd S II the ~, sofa on which % M she es6 dd al be Tnc m
sort and Princess Alice. sketch OF the Queen
f5FOq Rs o sRGnS vson e. cs h I'M
tS n brush Of hs S @ AS In hf and
nipers. among them being good hkenesses of John
Amor Among i other pictures TO be found on the walls
of the Queens rooms are four different portraits
costumes and many iIkenesses OF cousins and rela-
% wo too porra Of Ra4GH B. s4e' most sanch
Of friends and sympathetic Of advisers are inter
with shrewd face A charming portrait OF the
6Tnse a Of Wae1 s & when child is BY he
many Of them being in tinted crayons are Princess
little girl all golden curls and ribbons the great
BHke OF Wellington most quaint study of the
sort. and a lovely head of the handsome Mar
OF sketches OF Balmoral. Rosenau prince Al
berts birthplace) Osborne. and the favorite apart
there there are many sm score a" II ThaDs worthy of
TGmaTk that among the 2$l p that ad9rn the
sons-in-law and her grandchildren find place.
abound on every side.
THE QUEENS DRESSING ROOM.
The manteipeces and occasional tables in the
Queens dressing room are as charmingly arranged
the green silk walls and hangIngs make
cover tS@ drcssmg table These are ali of FoId s1Id
worked and chased into most delicate designs The
at top into an oa It s hsse large od
tray nanked BY by four scent bottles Of carved srys
5 Shailow boat shape The pincushon is dark blue
boxes there are about dozen, and they are OF
', every size and shape ranging from the large
box. pair Of Sandiesttcks two large oval hair
t6 without n hanss les and hand6e % coPete @
some, some feet high the mGgnificently elaborate gold
The solid gold hand basin on the bottom OF
which engraved the royal arns. has romantic
story attached to 1t. Il was made especially for
event @ strange tSinss % % It vamshed SG htfT 'nai and
every effort dt=cOVF: IL cUIrulety failed After
twenty-seVen years. however when structural
alterations We're being executed tr 81; James's
Palace, a workman found. brIcked in hollow wall
the long lost gold hand basin Since that time the
queen has always made point OF using II. As Her
Majesty does not possess golden ever, a china
9ne, that matches the rest Of the washhand stand
fittings is used. Her Majesty has for some rea-
son, persistently refused to have a golden ever
made
The Queens bed is large and of wood as are all
OF the beds at Windsor the hangings being OF
nne crimson damask. II is most pa thetc to note
that above the right side of the bed there hangs
against the rich silken background a portrait Of
the late Prince Consort surmounted by A wrea IN
OF Immorteles The same sad memorials are in
every bedroom that the Queen ever occupies
The view from the windows of the Queens he'd
and dressing rooms is absolutely perfect, emhrac-
ing as 1t does the incompatible East Terrace with
the tennis courts beyond, and in the distance Fror
more and the Great Park. 80
Perhaps the least noticeable but quite the most
charming and interesting sketch Is OF n girTs
small. white, dimp'ed hand, without the ring avi-
IDENTIFY Princess's hand of which our greatest
poet has said ''
Princess like II wears the ring
To fancys eye. by which know
That here at length a master found
HIS match, proud lone