ALPS MOUNTAINEERING SQUARE DINING TABLE
19.10.2011., srijeda
MARBLE TOP DINING TABLE. MARBLE TOP
MARBLE TOP DINING TABLE. CARLYLE COUNTER HEIGHT DINING TABLE. WINSOME ROUND COFFEE TABLE. Marble Top Dining Table
The Great Room - Marble Hill house - taken from the guide book The Great Room provides the grand finale to a crescendo in English Palladian design that begins with the villa`s setting, its exterior elevations, and continues with the visitor`s route through the hall and up the staircase. Its sheer scale comes as a surprise in this compact house while the lavish gilded and carved ornament and fitted paintings seem equally in contrast to the sober decor seen downstairs. In this purpose-built house, conceived for the sociable retirement of the Prince of Wales`s mistress, the Great Room would have been the one `state room` - the focus of Mrs Howard`s resources, where she could hold court with her many intellectual admirers. The room was once furnished with four marble-topped peacock side tables [one of which has been rediscovered and returned to the room]. The whole `piano nobile` would have been open to view, as a suite of rooms through which guests would have paraded, admiring beds bedecked with damask, matching curtains, lacquered chinoiserie furniture and porcelain. After some musical entertainment or dancing, guests would have gone downstairs to dine, and end the evening over cards, backgammon, port and walnuts. Dining Room Side Table This marble topped side table and gilded mirror was added to the Dining Room in the Winter of 2008/9. It is the perfect place for flowers and seems to compliment the 20-armed chandelier perfectly. See also: bases for glass tables retro kitchen table chairs outdoor wicker dining tables diningroom tables and chairs 60 round folding tables wood coffee tables for sale antique brunswick billiard tables black glass dining room table |