The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-30
FURNISHINGS FOR
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Committee Lets Contract for
New Home InSuring Artistic
Result.
SCHEME OF DECORATIONS
ELABORATE AND BEAUTIFUL DE-
SIGNS SELECTED.
SCHEME OF DECORATIONS

After weeks, the daily hours of which
have been spent in the arduous work of
choosing and selecting, the committee
upon which devolved the work of pro-
vid:ng interior decorations and furnish
ings for the new Commercial club build
ing, yesterday reached their decision
and awarded the contract which will
provide for the main furnishing of the
clubs home The W. & J. Sloane COM
pany of New York, one of the largest
organizations in the country, will deco
rate and fit up the first four floors Of
the Commercial club building at a cost
price approxmating S37 500. The re-
manning two upper floors, devoted to
bedrooms, and the basement, Will be
furnished by Salt Lake firms, the con-
tracts TO be awarded later.
The contract awarded yesterday goes
through the II. DinwOodey Furniture
company of Salt Lake, the local repre-
sentatives of the Sloane company, and
Charles H. Van Note, special represen-
tative of the company
In the awarding of the contract the
idea of having the decorations and fur
nishings of a quality and design in thor
ough keeping with the building itself
was a factor in the mind of the COM
mittee, as important as the cost itself.
The general scheme of the interior
decoration follows the suggestion Of the
architect, and the idea follows that Of
the Spanish renaissance. The rOtunda,
on the first or main floor, will have the
Spanish effect in its mosaic work, with
the wall decorations and colorings IN
soft Pompeiian green and old reds. The
l.. &c oil Z a
of preate style, upholstered in appro-
pirate colorings of silk brocade and an
tique velvet. The portieres will be pan
eled, picturing scenes of the siege of
Troy. and with the color effect of old
greens, reds and browns. The fixtures
win all be Of Pompeiian green metal
Longing Room Design.
The lounging room will be furnished
in mahogany woodwork of soft Color
and the walls covered with fabric. The
bangines will be of a rich velvet with
embroidery, all in the Louis " style of
illuminated leather. Imported rugs,
rich in their Oriental blending of color,
viii cover the floor and the furniture,
which viii be upholstered in the finest
grades OF leather and velvets, will be OF
the character to tempt the man seeking
rest. The lighting fixtures of this room
will be Of Butler silver.
The buffet VIII have brick walnscot-
ing, with the space above treated IN Oil
decorations. With some appropriate
ness. a huge painting will adOrn the
walls, depicting the Indians First
Firewater." The hCngings Of this room
will be of craftsman's cloth, with the
clubs monogram embroidered on each
curtain.
on the same floor will be the north
and south halls. the business Office and
the secretary's office. All of these will
he aDUropriately furnished in handsome
style.
on the second floor the principal room
will be the banquet hall, two stories in
height. This spacious room will be one
of the most handsome in the structure.
It's walls viii be in the nature of pan
eled reproductions with the gOrgeOusly
rich French velvet of dark rose effect.
The hangings here Will be Of a gray
green silk and velvet, with gold en-
broidery. The lofty ceiling will be tint
ed to an azure blue in a gold setting.
Beautiful in its simple grandeur will be
this room, the effect being heightened
with imported velvet rugs and furni-
ture of a gray enamel in harmony with
the woodwork of the hall.
Governors Dining Room.
The board of governors dining room
will be decorated with walls covered in
gold leaf and glazed to an antique finish.
The tapestries will be of silk and linen
materials, and the lighting fixtures Of
oxidized silver.
The third floor, styled the mozzanin9
floor, will be the attraction for the wom-
Ell, and especial care and attention has
been given to its furnishing and decOra-
no no ri will Il
in the Adams period style. The color
scheme viii be Nile green, with the
walls draped in a pure silk fabric. The
hangings viii be of silk with embrCideT-
les of satin, and the furniture of CirCas-
sian walnut and golden effect, uphul-
stored in appropriate brOcade effects.
The chandeliers and lighting brackets
will be of matt gold.
The dining room for women viii be
of the Dutch style, the walls covered
with imported figured linen of a Portu-
guese pattern. The hangings will be of
a silken linen of mulberry shade, with
the lighting fixtures of oxidized silver.
On this floor there viii also be four pri-
Vate dining rooms devoted to the use of
the wOmel visitors Of the club, and the
arrangement Of the mezzanine floor Is
such that all interior windows of the
rooms given over TO the women look
down into the mann banquet hall.
On the fourth floor, the billiard room
will be decorated in old parchment,
with the window curtains OF heavy
scrim marked with the club monogram
in linen. The hangings viii be of silk
velvet. The card room viii follow the
same style with the hangings Of the
Italian renaissance design on linen. The
carpets viii be of fine old Administer.