Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
JONATHAN CLUB


In New Quarters--Elegant Furnishings
In New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
or elsewhere there has yet to be found
as elegant and completely furnished
club as that in which the Jonathan
club of this city is now housed on the
eighth and ninth floors of the Hunt
ington building. The perfection of the
details from conception to finish was
one requiring the exercise of the very
best ideas of decorative art and in the
finished work the firm of Barker
Bros. of this city can enjoy a salts
faction that comes only with an i'm
portant work well done. OF this firm,
J. B. Holtzclaw and W. P. Parmentier
were entrusted with working out the
vast scheme of harmony, and cooper
ating with Miss Mille Bonfillio, they
brought about a realization of a per-
feet and ecstatic decoration and fur
nishing, such as was the dream Of
the Jonathans.
On entering the apartments at the
eighth floor the rotunda comes first
to view. Here the striking marbleiz-
ing effects everywhere are no less
beautiful than what is seen in the
mosaic work and the opalescent glass
of the DOME the whole being fac
smile of the Congressional Library
at Washington.
In the reading room, just off the
rotunda, the elegant weathered oak
furniture sets well in the beautiful
green Wilton carpets. The green walls
softly blend into buckskin. Massive
Japanese Satsumas and heavy ham,
mered brass andirons lend a rich tone
to the simple though rich furnishings.
In the writing and reading room ad-
joining the same color scheme is
found with large vases Fart nouveau
and massive leather upholstered fur
niture.
THE oriental room, with an ohIono
ceiling of cathedral lights with inches
here and there is superbly furnished
with elegant ottomans, ETC., oriental
kiskihlim rugs and immense Moorish
lamps. The scheme of color here is
Armenian red.
furniture is shown at its best, the most
unique ideas in architecture being pre-
sented. The buffet is built after a
Dutch inn pattern in weathered oak.
The dining room is a spacious room,
a feature being massive clock, stand
ing nine feet high and four feet wide.
The frame work was specially designed
by Miss Bonfillio. The decorative color
in the room is a rich ox-blood.
The ballroom Is green, gold and old
ivory in the most charming blending of
color that artists could possibly bring
about The proscenium arch is draped
with heavy green velour curtain, the
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trayersing curtains and the upholstery
on the seats is in richly matched We
lour. When the myriad of electric
lights are aglow the scene is one OF
dazzling beauty.
No less conspicuous for simple rich
ness is the decorative scheme in the
ladies apartments-the gold parlor, the
reception room and the dining room.
Green prevails in the gold parlor and
the furniture is of the dainty and fas-
cinating Louis XIV pattern. The walls
OF the reception room are covered In
figured tapestry and beautiful raffia
grass furniture gives reStful and easy
air to the surroundings.
Here and there throughout the entire
series OF rooms, numbering about 100
are suggestions of furniture art from
the various periods and wherever found
there Is a fitness that is a strong in
dorsement that capable and skilled
minds had the furnishing in hand. In
the many sleeping rooms there Is also
found the handiwork of clever minds,
Involving the hangings, the carpets,
the furniture and the general color
scheme.