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The Music Trade Review
NOVEMBER 19, 1927
strongly emphasized that in the harmoniously esting in its use of color. The fixtures are of
conceived dwelling music and the music room carved pearwood and black. Of particular in-
play an important part, and that the exhibition terest in this room is the Charles II lacquer
was designed to present the modern conception cabinet, which is mounted on a carved and
of the period music room in the well-equipped gilded base and is decorated with Chinese
motives. This was taken from the collection
home of to-day.
A visit to the various rooms serves to em- of Earl Chesterfield. The piano is a Louis
phasize most forcefully the value of appropriate XVI Steinway in a finely figured walnut Duo-
surroundings in the presentation of the period Art. It has the fluted legs so typical of this
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piano. For instance, in the Italian room on
the second floor, decorated by Wm. Baumgarten
& Co., antique red-and-gold window curtains
are the predominating note. An old gold-and-
red Tabriz rug is used for floor covering and
an antique Renaissance tapestry is hung back
of an old Italian credenza. A rare needle-
point panel is used for the over-mantel. A
cabinet suitable for music is a splendid example
of antique Renaissance carving. The piano is
a Weber Duo-Art in the Florentine school of
design and of walnut. The legs are turned
and carved with a broad flute and reed pattern.
The carvings are in the general tone of this
period and occur on the desk and forearm of
the piano.
The French room, also decorated by Baum-
garten & Co., is a Louis XVI room in cream
and gold, furnished with a mixture of pieces
of the Louis XV and XVI period. The window
curtains of embroidered blue taffeta are of a
special design of the period. The floor cover-
ing is an old Tabriz rug of blue and rose.
There is an antique Louis XV desk at the
right of the mantel with an old Louis XV
needlepoint chair, and the needlepoint sofa
and chairs are placed in appropriate places
'about the room. The antique Aubusson
tapestry over the piano balances effectively the
mantel at the opposite end of the room, the
mantel having a garniture of bronze and mar-
ble, clock and end pieces. ..A tall antique
cabinet of tulipwood inlaid with rare woods is
for music. This Louis XV Weber grand piano
is decorated in the Venetian manner in a green
ground with gold rococo decoration and pale
yellow panels, which are made the subject of
pastorals.
An eighteenth century lacquer room is inter-
period. The lyre, desk and leg brackets are
carved and the instrument is very carefully
toned and lighted in its general finish. With
its beaded rim and carefully proportioned
understructure, it removes the objectionable
weight so often associated with pianos of this
size.
Among the interesting objects of art in the
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two chairs of the William and Mary periqdjm!
walnut, two console tables which are Italian:
and particularly suitable for an English room,]
as they illustrate the influence from which the
Adam Brothers took their inspiration. The
Satinwood console table on the left-hand side
of the door is a fine example of the SheratQnij
period at its best. The screens are of the same'
period. The wall lights are reproductions of
the Chippendale period and show the Chinese
influence which swept over England after being
introduced by Sir William Chambers. The
walnut corner cabinet is of the George I period,
being made about 1720. It is in an untouched
and unrestored condition. The two vases on
the corner tables are Chamberlain Worcester
and are superb examples of the potter's art.
These can be looked upon as unique. They
bear the coat-of-arms and crest of the ancient
family of Elleis of Southside, Scotland;
The clock on the mantelpiece is made by
3 famous maker', in fact the most famous of
his particular period, being made by Vuillamy,
who was clockmaker to George III, and it is
in Windsor Castle that one sees some of his
finest clocks and this one is comparable to
many there. The figure is in Derby biscuit,
medallions in Wedgwood and the ormulu is
carried out in the most exquisite manner and
gilded with mercurial gilt. The figures on each
side of the clock are Old Chelsea of the Gold
Anchor period and are of the finest quality.
The beautiful rug is being loaned h^ Messrs.
Costikyan & Company. The two painted chairs
are of the Sheraton period and are original
except the decoration, which has been retouched.
}The Steck grand piano is of the late
eighteenth century English School of work.
It is designed after the very late work of
Sheraton or of Scheered, of whom there is very
little generally known. It has very delicately
tapered octagonal legs and is in pale walnut
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English room, decorated by Arthur Vernay,
Inc., is a fine Queen Anne red lacquer cabinet
with a secretarial front, at one time part of
the furnishings of Hampton Court Palace.
Other interesting furnishings in this room are
and maple burr veneers. Its construction is
also fashioned more after the spinet than after
the usual piano construction of the modern
day, which gives it a very light expression and
one of grace.
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