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Interiors reflect Louis XVI style in Vanderbilt rooms
The article surveys Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ogden Goelet drawing rooms showing Louis XVI details, mirrors, marble overlays, and gilt furniture. It notes Parisian floor woods, silk hangings, and restrained, classical decor replacing extravagant past tastes. It discusses broader American adapting French eighteenth century styles in New York interiors and ongoing debates on Sunday museum openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Louis XVI
Ogden Goelet
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Huet
W.E. Vander
Chaplin
Ae Agate
Versailles
Henry Steers
New York
New York City
A. F. Kiva
Dalmeyer
Fourth Avenue
Eisner
John W. Beatty
Pittsad
Beatty
Boyd
Bougereau
Detaille
Duron
Munkacsy
Gorom
Potomac
E. A. Poole
Boyd's
Poole
Bryan Wall
Gilespie
Ing Mmes Abar
Block Island
Ting
Metropolitan Museum of Act
W. T. Walters
Baltim
Fea
Albert Eigrstadt
Buffalo
Jane
Consent
One American Art Committee
Innisa