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The window treatments are of peacock blue silk velvet with fringe and cornices and gold gauze and net curtains. The mantel is of marble and upon it rests an antique Chinese bowl with teakwood base and cover and a pair of metal and crystal candelabra. The walnut tea table in front of the fireplace is flanked by two love seats of peacock velvet. Flanking the fireplace are two inlaid tulipwood commodes with marble tops and mirrors in antique gold. The wall bracket is of wood and metal filled with flowers.
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A portion of a living room mainly Italian, with a large walnut and polychrome cabinet intended for sheet music and records. There are two sofas of brocatelle backed against a center table. The footstool is in tapestry. The two antique gold lamps have taffeta shades with tassels and the scarf upon the table is of velvet trimmed in gold. Bookcases of walnut flank the mantelpiece and the window treatment has an antique gold cornice and blue velvet draperies and gold silk gauze curtains.
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This living room of English derivation with geometric ceiling and panelled walls, contains a special stained and leaded glass window set inside the regular casement window. The drapery is of striped velvet hung on a covered pole of the same with an orna-
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mental center medallion and carved dolphin heads at the ends of the pole. The furniture consists of a typical Court cupboard, a gate leg table, a wrought iron lamp with shade, a large arm chair in tapestry with ottoman to match, a little table standing beside it, a sofa with three-cushion seat covered in dull red velvet, two little carved oak tables near the sofa, a small side chair next to the sofa covered in velvet with an embroidered crest on the back and a wrought iron reading lamp.
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