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Show - 3 - wal Is with the exquisite panels of Watteau paintings over the door-ways; the white satin grained mahogany, the rarest wood on earth and found only in South America, the broad mirror which mirrors hold the wal I on one side, and which was imported from Germany in cars especially bui It for it; the chandeI iers of harmonious design and cut glass fittings--these form a fitting background for the works of art which claim the eye of the beholder . . • • Back of the drawing room is the library. The smal I reception room, which opens from the drawing room is octagonal in plan and finished in San Domingo mahogany . • • • The cei ling is composed of eight panels each having four figures in rei ief representing the seasons. This room . . . is the gem of the whole house . . The chambers are dreams of beauty . . . . Mr. McCune's room is oval in plan and was designed as much for a den as for a chamber rest. It has a large fireplace of Utah onyx whi Ie the finish of the room is of specially selected red mahogany. The three concave doors of this room are cut from the same log . • • • Each door is one sol id piece with hand carved panels. The wal Is are hung in golden green Russian leather set with old brass nai Is. The cei I ing is beamed with large mahogany cornice running around the entire room. There are six other private and guest rooms on this floor and it would be difficult to decide which is the greater merit. The bathroom which connects the two chambers on one side have the floor, wal Is, and cei ling of pure white Carrara marble from which marble the Ital ian sculptors moulded their statuary. The texture between this and ordinary mar- ble is as the difference between cal ico and velvet. The large mirror fi I Is one side of the bathroom and reflects the fireplace opposite. It contains a recess needle bath, . • • arranged for a spray, vapor, and shower bath. |
