Buckingham hotelFifth Avenue, New York . nd by folding doors. Thecarpets and furniture were made ex-pressly to match the room, and thewhole work, decorations, pear-shapedcrystal chandeliers, marble work, fire-places and draperies were designedby one mind. The effect is rich, andyet pure and reposeful, and though thewalls are of light tints the warm colorof the carpets and curtains save themfrom coldness and severity. Theroom is a picture, and is, perhaps, thebest sample of household art of itscharacter to be found in the country. Could one visit all the private par-lors and bridal suites in th
Buckingham hotelFifth Avenue, New York . nd by folding doors. Thecarpets and furniture were made ex-pressly to match the room, and thewhole work, decorations, pear-shapedcrystal chandeliers, marble work, fire-places and draperies were designedby one mind. The effect is rich, andyet pure and reposeful, and though thewalls are of light tints the warm colorof the carpets and curtains save themfrom coldness and severity. Theroom is a picture, and is, perhaps, thebest sample of household art of itscharacter to be found in the country. Could one visit all the private par-lors and bridal suites in the Bucking-ham, one would find everywhere thesame perfect taste. The furniture ismainly mediceval in design and ismuch more substantial and costly thanis commonly found in Americanhotels. Most of the carpeting is in thenew styles of Indian patterns, tastefuland chaste, and Indian rugs are usedbefore every hearth in all the roomsboth public and private. The chan-deliers are all of real bronze, and weremade from patterns specially designed. THE BRIDGE. THE BUCKINGHAM. 13 for the rooms they were to serve. No attempt is made at mere steamboat style is nowherevisible, and if the superficial observerfails to discern anything particularlystriking at the first glance about theinterior of the house, it is because ofits real art. Wait a while, look aboutand study the walls, decorations andfurniture, and the refined and culturedtaste that has stamped its mark oneverything will soon be art is subdued, and perpetuallysatisfactory, and never obtrusive. Such is the Buckingham, a hoteland a home. It more nearly realizesthe fine art of living than anythingyet devised. It affords peace, seclu- sion and home-like privacy, with en-tire freedom from care and householdtroubles. For the luxuries and con-venience in every suite, the pricesasked are no more than reason-able. The European plan, on which thishouse is conducted, recommends it-self for simplicity, equity and comm
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