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Design for a public dance hall, executed for Roseland on Broadway, New York, with the dance floor itself in the foreground and space for tables and chairs behind the ornamental rail. The ceiling is hung with shirred blue fabric brought to a center in which was placed a lighting fixture covered with silk and roses. The beams which divided up the ceiling into panels were ornamented with realistic roses and leaves. The iron columns which existed in the building were cemented and small mirrors about one inch square were placed in the cement all over these columns except at the tops, at which were placed silk shades with bands of roses at the top and strands of crystal beads covering them. The triple windows, which surround the room, were treated with curtains of blue with embroidered roses, and in front of each set of windows was placed a settee in blue fabric. On the walls are large circular medallions made of crystals, roses and small mirrors. Inside of these, lights were installed, as well as at the top of each column, and this indirect system furnished sufficient light for the entire room. The combination of colors is mainly rose and blue.
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A pbrtion of the author's studio which has been hung with fabric of mulberry color with orange silk gauze curtains on the windows and antique gold ceiling. The flooring is finished to resemble black and cream marble tiles. In the center small window there is a plant box and below this a large mirror in antique gold
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frame. The marriage chest is of modern style decorated in vivid colors with a cushion seat. A three-part chaise longue with cushions stands in the center. The desk at the left is of the Regence period with a decorated wood desk-set upon it. At the extreme back, under the author's portrait painted by S. J. Woolf, is a large couch with about twenty pillows. There is also a small table and a side chair of Italian type and behind this a plant stand of wood filled with flowers. The center chandelier consists of a large shade in gray taffeta lined with orange and wide silk fringe.
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