. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. if^^P.^^^^^^^*!:. SALON FRONTING PRINCES GATE, WITH SCREEN AND BURNE-JONES S MERLIN AND VIVIANE. apparently the work of the Caffieri family, perhaps of PhilipCaffieri, who subsequently went to France to work on the deco-ration of the royal chateaux under Le Brun. The second salon is uniform in style and decoration withthe first and intermediate drawing-rooms, inasmuch as whenthe dividing screens are removed, the three are intended toform one grand room seventy feet long, with a spacious wing 316 ART AND CRITICISM. at each end. The ceiling is theref
. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. if^^P.^^^^^^^*!:. SALON FRONTING PRINCES GATE, WITH SCREEN AND BURNE-JONES S MERLIN AND VIVIANE. apparently the work of the Caffieri family, perhaps of PhilipCaffieri, who subsequently went to France to work on the deco-ration of the royal chateaux under Le Brun. The second salon is uniform in style and decoration withthe first and intermediate drawing-rooms, inasmuch as whenthe dividing screens are removed, the three are intended toform one grand room seventy feet long, with a spacious wing 316 ART AND CRITICISM. at each end. The ceiling is therefore panelled in natural wal-nut, with caissons of gilt arabesque design. The walls abovethe dado of American walnut are hung with silk of old-soldtone; on the floor are laid immense Oriental carpets, leavingthe waxed boards visible round the edges. The window cur-tains are cloth of gold, with a rich design in red velvet ap-plique-work of Portuguese origin. The smaller under-curtainsor blinds are of thin straw-color silk, and the wood-work of thewindows is gil
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