The panels and beams of ceiling are
of stained and dull varnished fir. The drawing room woodwork, and
furniture throughout, is painted a mottled greenish blue, after the
same manner as the hall. The decorations of this room, when complete,
are intended to illustrate Chaucer's "House of Fame." The
chimney-piece, of alabaster, is surmounted by a Caen-stone design, on
a rock of glass, showing the entrance to the castle, with the various
figures mentioned in the poem, carved in half-round relief, and the
gateway itself also richly and quaintly carved; the rock of glass
representing the ice on which the castle was supposed to be built,
and on it are cut the various famous names of the world's history. In
the frieze all round the room will be the figure of Fame and the
various groups of suppliants, and the pillars with the groups
upholding the renown of ancient cities and nations, etc., executed in
very low relief, and painted on a ground of blue and gold. The panels
of ceilings will have conventional designs and the heavenly bodies on
ground of gold and blue. The morning and other rooms have no
particular scheme of decoration prepared, and are simply painted and
papered in quiet tones.
[Illustration: ARTISTS' HOMES No. 12--LITTLE SUTTON, CHISWICK.]
We publish a longitudinal section, taken through the hall and
drawing-room, with part of the dining-room on the left and part of the
library on the right-hand side.
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