The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-24
THE RICH MANS HOUSE.
Ideal Design, Furnishing and Decora-
 ton for Jacob H. Schiff.

Ideal Design, Furnishing and Decora-
 ton for Jacob H. Schiff.
 The house of Jacob H. Schih speaks for itself. Its interior is the work of the leading firm of interior decorators in New York City; and 1t has been fil-f ished according to the ideas which are. recognized as the regular thing for this class of work It may, indeed,
 be regarded as an excellent type of the house which is designed and furnished for man of great wealth. Its preyail-. ing character is that of an impersonal and stately magnificence. The proprfe-s tor of this house, following the exampl of other rich men, has wished to have the interior of his dwelling a faithful reproduction of one or more of the au- thentic historic stylesa task which [ the decorator was well qualified to per. form. The apartments are all examples | of "periodn design and furnishing; and the occupants of the. house have loyalty supported the designer by not intrud- ing on the spectacle incongruous de- corations. n The drawing room, for instance, is. a complete realization of this point, of view in interior decorations. It is a room belonging almost exclusively to the Louis XV period, both in the de- sign of the walls and in the character 1 of the furnishing. The walls are, of course, paneled to the. ceiling, and. are finished a rich ivory white, The gold of the raised decorations is sub- duced to dull tone, and thereby loses the merely gaudy effect, so often char acteristic of gilt decorations. The
 draperies of silk velours are embroid- cred in gold and show the same rose
 crimson color as the carpet, which is | in several tones. The furniture is up-. | holstered partly in the velour, and
 partly in tapestry The large panels
 on the walls are filled with silk tapes
 tries surrounded by a rose-crimson bor- | der. These tapestries, it is interesting
 to note, are of American make. They
 were bought at Williamsbridge, N. Y. from designs after the style of Bouch- CT, specially prepared for this, room. 1 The only object in the apartment which
 jars the spectators sense of historical propriety is the piano, which should
 also have been specially designed for 1 the period.
 The other two rooms shown are the
 foyer hall and the dining room. The
 most striking feature of the former is
 the carved Istrian marble mantelpiece
 "a very beautiful piece in itself. al-
 though not quite in scale. The broze
 placque framed in by the shelf is the
 well-known relief of MT. Schiff' $ chil-
 dren, made some IS years ago by Au- I gustus St. Gaudens The wall cover
 ing is a rich crimson rlofre silk, and
 is intended as a background for uphol-
 stery of verdoy tapestry, in which the
 sofa and chairs are so, finished. The dining room does not belong so much
 to any one period, and takes on the sober hue, with which so many people like to be surrounded when at table.
 The walls and the ceiling are both
 panelled in mahogany, with which
 the dark green tones Of the hangings,
 carpet, and leather is entirely harmo-
 nious. The mantelpiecef of eampan-
 melanage marbel with it's gilt broze
 mouldings, is particularly handsome
 and striking, and the cabinets for specially designed to fill the spaces they occupy.--Architecutu Record.