The century illustrated monthly magazine . ornaments for them, such as will do credit toyour taste ? The mirrors will, of course, be in pieces,that they may be adapted to the company (thesize of it, I mean). The aggregate length of themmay be ten feet; the breadth two feet; the panels equivalent, for it will take these in addition to whatI before asked to decorate the present table. The writer further requests that fourteenof what I believe are called patent lamps,together with accompanying glasses, also besent, the same not to cost more than threeguineas apiece; recording, with evident senseo
The century illustrated monthly magazine . ornaments for them, such as will do credit toyour taste ? The mirrors will, of course, be in pieces,that they may be adapted to the company (thesize of it, I mean). The aggregate length of themmay be ten feet; the breadth two feet; the panels equivalent, for it will take these in addition to whatI before asked to decorate the present table. The writer further requests that fourteenof what I believe are called patent lamps,together with accompanying glasses, also besent, the same not to cost more than threeguineas apiece; recording, with evident senseof gratification, These lamps, it is said, con-sume their own smoke, do no injury to thefurniture, give more light, and are cheaperthan candles. The required lamps, which, together withthe other articles, duly arrived, were of brass,neat in design, and decorated with an Ionicborder. A number of these lamps are treasuredat Tudor Place, where in years past they wereintermingled with groups of potted plants and SOME NEW WASHINGTON RELICS. 21. ANDIRONS FROM MOUNT VERNON. used as a decoration upon the occasion ofballs. Here also are preserved the ornamentsselected by Mr. Morris and accompanying theplateau, and which consist of three large groupsdone in a white composition capable of veryhigh polish,together with numerous lessersingle figures of Parian marble. Theplateau itself is described as consistingof six large silver-plated waiters, thoseat the ends being a half-oval to conformin arrangement with the end of the table;the waiters between the end were in theform of parallelograms, the ends aboutone-third part of the length of the the outside of the oval formed bythese waiters were placed the variousdishes, always without covers, and out-side the dishes were the plates. GeneralWashington deeming this plateau as notin consonance with the simpler style ofhis retirement, he disposed of it, retaining,however, the ornaments, which wereused at Mount Vernon upon a plateauconsisti
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