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with mirrors over them and candelabra
on the shelves. Three crystal chan
deherS form constituent parts of the
decorations. as do also the four bronze
standards bearing electric lights.
which are placed al the four corners
of the room.
The window draperies are OF heavy
yellow silk DANA SIX, the ba nquettes are
gilded and carved and covered with
silk velours. and there are four new
console tables with marble tops. In
this room, as in the other rooms on
the drawing-room floor except in the
hall, where stone is used hardwood
floors have been laid and wainscots
have been introduced. Of which the
lower member has been made of mar
BILE OF suitable color. The concert
grand piano, decorated by Dewing, is
the gift OF the makers"
Dining Room Enlarged.
The State Dining -room-"By rennov-
ing a partition and including the west
end Of the corridor. the state dining
room has been enlarged by over so
per cent. and instead of accommodst =
ing between 30 and so guests at table
107 can be seated comfortably. A
stone chimneypiece. with an antique
fire set has been added. The walls
are paneled from floor TO ceiling in
oak. richly carved: the chandeliers and
wall branches are of silver, and heads
of American game are used around
the frieze. The ceiling. in stucco. is
ella borately decora ted. There is an In
dia carpet in solid color, the table and
sideboards are of mahogany and the
chairs are upholstered in tapestry.
The draperies are in green velvet.
Two tapestries. one bearing a text
from Virgils VIII Eclogue. are of
Flemish workmanship of the seven
teenth century,
From the above official descriptions
made to Congress it will readily be
seen that not only were these redeco-
rations not described as Of the French
empire style. but that they are really
more or less of hodge -podge. adher.
ing strictly to no particular style or
period.
Donations Approved.
Now, to get down to the present
situatio In the act passed shortly
before adjournment authorizing the
work contemplated Congress said:
With a view 10 conserving in the
White House the best specimens of
the early American furniture and
furnishings, and for the purpose of
maintaining the interior of the White
House in keeping with its original
design. the officer in charge of pub
lie buildings and grounds Iieut.
Col. Clarence o. SherrilD is hereby
approval or the President, TO accept
donations of furniture and furnish
ings for use in the White House
All such articles thus donated to be-
come the property of the United
States and to be accounted for as
SUCH
This act further directed Col Sher-
rill. with the approval of the Presi-
dent. to appoint a temporary com
n1ittee, composed of one representa-
tive of the American Federation of
Arts, one representative of the Ma
tional Commission of Fine Arts, one
representative of the National Acad-
emy of Design, one member of the
American Institute of Architects and
five members representing the public
at large; the said committee to have
full power to select and pass on the
articles in question and to recon-
mend the same for acceptance.
Committee Appointed.
Accordingly. the following commit
tee has been appointed:
Robert w De Forest of New York
head of the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art. donator of the new America n
wing of American furnishings at the
Metropolitan Museum: vice president
of the American Federation Of Art
William Adam Delano of Long Is
land. one of the leading American
architects and an expert on interior
furnishings, particularly of the CO.
lonial period; member of the Ma
tional Commission of Fine Arts.
Francis c. Jones. formerly of Bal
timore, now of New York. an expert
on paintings of the colonial era; sec
retary of the National Academy of
Fine Arts.
Charles K. PIatt of Cornish. n. H.,
treasurer of the American Institute
of Architects and an outstanding ar
chitect of structures of the colonial
period: architect of the Freer Art
Gallery.
II. T. H. Halsey of Long Island:
Chairman of the committee of the
American decorative arts at the
Metropolitan Museum; recognized as
an expert on American furniture: the
establishment OF the National Metro
polltar1 Museum Ia work largely &C
complished by Mr.. Lockwood and Mr..
Hslsey.
Luke Vincent Lockwood of Con.
necticut: Author OF one of the best
known works on American colonial