Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

chairs and tables and sofas have beer
carefully arranged with a view tC
their being comfortable for converse
tlonal groups. One IS not annoyed ir
this room by having to raise the voice
in conversation.
Ivy Graces Sun Room.
The original coverings of the chairs
and sofas and benches, the majority
Of which are Louis XVI in design and
many of which are original, having
through time become worn, have re
Gently been replaced. Several pieces
have been covered with old Arbussor
in soft and beautiful floral designs.
A small sun room with latticed walls
up which ivy Glands in great profu
sion is delightful spot, Here glazed
chintz curtains with large colored
flower designs against a clear yellow
ground give a sense of Spring even
on the bleakest of Winter days. The
wicker furniture in this room is OF
French origin and is painted a soft
green. The chairs have thin pads GOV
cred in glazed chintz the same as the
curtains, piped in lacquer red.
The large library is one Of the in
teresting rooms. This again attests tt
the taste Of it's first owner and of Its
present owner who has held to the
original design. AT "a time when
many people were building houses
poor in design and with cheap anC
chose rather to have her library sim
pie and of enduring beauty. The
walls of this room are lined with
bookcases of waxed Circassian wal
nut, with simple classical mouldings
Above them and to the ceiling the
walls are covered with a soft, greer
brocade in a design true to the En-
pire period.
Marble Gives Contrast.
A beautiful mantelpiece of Italian
marble in soft, pinkish brown tones
gives contrast to the green of the
walls and hangings. The origina
large plain rug of green has recently
been replaced by another plain one
this one being in deep plum color
again in contrast to the green's and
browns Of the room.
Four original Italian armchairs Of the
eighteenth century, still painted In
their original cream and gold, have
been covered in soft gold taffeta
Grouped about a table on which
stands an onyx lamp of simple, classi
cal design, they give to the room a
lightness that would not be possible
without them.
A number OF portraits occupy posi-
lions Of Importance on the walls above
the bookcases. Happily there is in
several Of these paintings a rich cop.
per color Of a pinkish hue. which
gives most pleasing contrast to the
other colors in the room. The furni
ture in the room. except for the four
armchairs mentioned, Is true in design
to the furniture Of the Empire period
most Of the pieces being original. They
are Of French mahogany decorated
with Ormulu mounts Of finely wrought
bronze.
Lovely Lighting Fixtures.
The lighting fixtures in this room
are as lovely as any in the house.
They are of handwrought bronze and
represent draped winged figures.
There are a number small tables con-
veniently placed close to chairs and
sofas. On them are lamps, some of ala,
baster, others of porcelain, all simple
and consistently beautiful in design.
The dining room is one of rare
charm. Here again careful buying by
the original owners has prevented the
necessity of furnishing and refurnish-
ing during the last 80 years. The
walls are lined with paneled wainscot-
ing painted cream, above which l.
crimson brocade to the fretted cor
nice. Hepplewhite chairs of the shield.
back design. many of them original,
line the walls.
Here. as in the library, old portraits
give color and interest to the walls. A
beautiful screen. covered in Chinese
paper of the late eighteenth century,
shields the view into the service rooms
connecting and gives an interesting
mass of design. At one end of the
room a large Hepplewhite sideboard
is placed against the center of the
wall.
Lamps Are Interesting.
A small drawing room with blue
green painted walls is perhaps out
standing among all rooms in the
house. One entire wall of this room Ii
covered with books, whose leather
backs in varied hues give marked con
trast to the walls. A little mantel
piece in Adam design forms the cen
ter of interest on another side of the
room. Drawn up about it are chairs
and small tables conveniently placed
for conversation or for tea. Two over
stuffed sofas in this room, built along
the most delicate and graceful lines
are covered in a lowered chintz in
which soft crimsons and green's and
blues are in contrast with the yellow