. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. costumes,the ready to wear garments—ranging in price fromwithin the purse of all to $, the importedFrench waists reaching. $ and $, andevening wraps $ and $ The fourth and fifth floors are devoted to furni-ture, rugs and other house furnishings, but it ispossibly on the sixth floor that one finds most de-light. This floor is dedicated to Art. Here the vis-itor sees rooms furnished in the style of differentperiods, and passes through galleries filled withstatues and pictures; rare carvings and golden fur-niture o
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. costumes,the ready to wear garments—ranging in price fromwithin the purse of all to $, the importedFrench waists reaching. $ and $, andevening wraps $ and $ The fourth and fifth floors are devoted to furni-ture, rugs and other house furnishings, but it ispossibly on the sixth floor that one finds most de-light. This floor is dedicated to Art. Here the vis-itor sees rooms furnished in the style of differentperiods, and passes through galleries filled withstatues and pictures; rare carvings and golden fur-niture of the French Court; pottery of many huesand moulds, including Amphora, Rookwood, Hol-land inlaid ware, Teco, hand painted Vienna ware,Wed8:ew^ood and Copenhapen ware, in prices rang-ing from three dollars to four hundred dollars. Inthe Elizabethian room on this floor, the entire pan-eled walls are imported, with hand carved door fac-ings. The pilasters and mantle are copied from oldcarvin^rs in the South Kensington Aluseum, which SAIXT LOUIS 57. 58 SAINT LOUIS in turn were taken from a castle where QueenElizabeth formerly lived. The furniture is alsocopied from South Kensington models—the En-glish windows in antique Crusador glass. TheScheraton dining room contains a sideboard fromEngland, one hundred and fifty years old in solidmahogany. The walls of this room are in creamsilk brocade hung with pictures by Wood work in ivory. An Italian Renaissance drawing room is fin-ished in French walnut and dull gold—the walls ofold blue brocade velvet. Here is seen an old LouisXV cabinet in solid violet and rose wood, inlaid. Another drawing room, of Louis XVI period,has the wood work and hangings in old ivory—thepanels of the walls in tapestry, with furniture inantique gold, covered in Rose du Bourry. Adjoin-ing this drawing room is a Marie Antoinette bedroom, in delicate pompadour of pastel colors inivory and pink. These rooms, together with anEnglish colonial li
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