Twentieth century palace; the Piccadilly Hotel; with some notes on the history, landmarks & worthies of Piccadilly & Regent street . ward VII. The skill and knowledge of the artistsemployed by Messrs. Goodall enable us to appreciatethe chefs dceuvves of famous Masters like Andre CharlesBoulle, Jean Berain, Charles Lebrun, Claude Ballin orDaniel Marot, and imagine that we are in the lordlydwelling of a Cardinal Mazarin, a Due Philip d Orleans, aColbert, a Prince de Conde, or a Madame de are no longer in London, but in France, wanderingthrough the Golden Gallery or amongst the pricele
Twentieth century palace; the Piccadilly Hotel; with some notes on the history, landmarks & worthies of Piccadilly & Regent street . ward VII. The skill and knowledge of the artistsemployed by Messrs. Goodall enable us to appreciatethe chefs dceuvves of famous Masters like Andre CharlesBoulle, Jean Berain, Charles Lebrun, Claude Ballin orDaniel Marot, and imagine that we are in the lordlydwelling of a Cardinal Mazarin, a Due Philip d Orleans, aColbert, a Prince de Conde, or a Madame de are no longer in London, but in France, wanderingthrough the Golden Gallery or amongst the pricelesstreasures of the Trianon. 50 The Piccadilly Hotel. The Foyer and Hall combine both simplicity anddignity in tbeir decorative treatment. The prevailingtone IS a delicate French grey. Round the Foyer runsa gallery with an exquisitely-modelled ballustrade ofornamental iron-work. The specially designed hand-tufted carpets, in the style commonly known as theearlier Georgian, harmonise delightfully with theLouis XIV. work of the adjoining Lounge andRestaurant, the one remarkable for its fountains, theother for its thousand TKe Lounge. In the basement will be found the most beautifuland the most ornate of London s numerous general inspiration has apparently been derived fromdecorations of the far-famed Galleries of the Palace ofVersailles, but there has been no slavish copying. LikeChippendale and his contemporaries, the designers and thedecorators have only worked, but that most effectually, A Tiventieth Century Palace. 51 on the impressions derived from the reverent study 01the acnievements oi the most celebrated of the FrenchMasters. Due prominence has been given to the Grill,
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