The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-17

corative canvas panel OF tho aurora
which is lighted st night by invisible cleo
tric bulbs.
The pipe organ is the largest ever
placed in a private house in this country
Every detail Of color and design en-
ployed in the decoration of the room is
carried out in the organ case. a hand
some piano, Boucher panels goes 10
make up complete music room. There
are some subjects in Aubusson tapestry
fUrniture and richly carved banquet Saw
onnerie seats, and two chandeliers of cut
glass, With sunbursts of electric lights
above. The floor is finished in selected
oak, laid in herringbone pattern.
For grandeur the ballroom has few
equals anywhere, and is characteristic
OF the perfect type found in the time Of
Louis XV It's dimensions are 91x37 feet
IN color treatment it is white and gold,
and the whole effect is solft in tone
At the end Of the room is mezzanine
for the orchestra. Between the long
windows are mirrors, richly ornamented
and divided into panels with handsome
moulding. Boucher panels, in an anti
que school of coloring, have been intro
duced above the doors and windows
which represent the four seasons and
Others interesting subjects and which
give the room a tone of the old masters
Everything is extremely handsome from
the window draperies in two shades Of
rose de Berry silk damask to the beauti-
fully carved banquet seats.
The light flashes from three ieWelled
chandeliers and jewelleed brackets, the
same as in grand salons of the fifteenth
century.
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Lake Worth, at the southwest corner OF
the house, is for the use Of Mr.. Flagler
and his secretaries. The furnishing is
CT mahogany and the walls and ceilings
are treated to match, with floors of
oak.
In the billiard room the style is that
o. the Swiss. The mantel is OF Caen
stone. the fit beam ceiling of oak, and
green and red.
The ceiling is kept soft in tone, and
has beautiful canvas medallion in the
centre, with four panels in the four
corners. The side walls are arranged in
panels, and finished with q gold and gray
SILK brOcateile. Handsome silk lace cur
talns hang in the windows, and the dra-
peries are OF the same material as on the
sue Walls. 1u0Eo is d carved SCatuary
marble mantel, which is one of the hand
soonest objects IN the room
One Of the most exquisite pieces of art
in the house is the miniature statue of
the Venus de Milo on the mantel, which
is reflected il the mirror. A Savonnere
rug, of pale green and gray, with light
colorings in the border, covers the floor;
there are richly embroidered silk por-
delicate
a gray satin plush on the lambrequins
ere the embroidered heads Of Marie An
toinette and the Princess de Lambelle
There are many old pieces Of furniture
in the Louis periods, upholstered in an
tiQue pieces of silk; also two comm odes
with marble tops, richly CrnameIted in
bronze; four silver standards for light
ing the room, a set OF Aubusson tapestry
and embroidered furniture and two rich
IL carved tables, one of the Louis XVI
and one of the Louis XIV period. One
work of art in the salon is a Louis XIV
carved greer: another screen at the Op-
posite end of the room is Of the Louis
XVI period made with an antique deco
rated medallion.
grand piano, in gray and silver, to
correspond with the treatment of the
room, has an artistic painting on the
inner lid, representing music. The cover
is an old piece of silk that was once
used as an altar cloth. The music ca
binet is also in gray and silver, with
decorated panels.
From the salon one enters the grand
dining room, treated in Francois l, de-
sign (size ttX23 feet. The room is fin
ished in satinwood, with the ceiling di-
vided into panels and ornamented with
napeir mache IN tones of green coloring
relieved by gold. The mantel is a mas
terpiece of carving, some or it being so
Gne that a magrifying glass is needed
to see the details of the work. A panel
of Aubusson is introduced in the frame
The walls are hung in two shades OF
green tapestry, ard the windows are
draped with plain green silk velour, hav-
ing bands of the Aubusson tapestry in
old colorings; the portieres are Of the
same. in different designs of tapestry
The dining room chairs are covered with
Aubusson tapestry, which was made es
pecially for each. The long table Of
satinwood to correspond with the room
is covered with cloth of plain green
velour, having applqued border and
monogram IN the centre. window cur
tains are OF rich Corbe, lace. and rug
of Sayonnerie the centre being plain
green, with rich border representing fruit
and game.
The carving on the huffets and china
cabinets IS Gomo Of the most artistic
ever executed in this country. The room
is lighted by four bronze and crystal
chandeliers The andirons are Of bronze
ard floor of oak, with parquet border.
The breakfast room. adjoining the grand
dining room is Eizabethan in style, and
the room most used by ,le household
when entertaining en- famille (size 23X21
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