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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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I
suppose
there
isn't
a
more
charming
room
in
New
York
than
Miss
Anne
Morgan's
Louis
XVI
boudoir.
The
everyday
sitting-room
of
a
woman
of
many
interests,
it
is
radiant
with
color
and
individuality,
as
rare
rugs
are
radiant,
as
jewels
are
radiant.
The
cream
walls,
with
their
carved
moldings
and
graceful
panelings,
are
a
pleasant
background
for
all
this
shimmering
color.
The
carvings
and
moldings
are
pointed
in
blue.
The
floor
is
covered
with
a
Persian
rug
which
glows
with
all
the
soft
tones
of
the
old
Persian
dye-pots.
The
day
bed,
a
few
of
the
chairs,
and
the
chest
of
drawers,
are
of
a
soft
brown
walnut.
There
are
other
chairs
covered
with
Louis
XVI
tapestries,
brocade
and
needlework,
quite
in
harmony
with
the
modern
chintz
of
the
day
bed
and
the
hangings.
Above
the
day
bed
there
is
a
portrait
of
a
lady,
hung
by
wires
covered
with
shirred
blue
ribbons,
and
this
blue
is
again
used
in
an
old
porcelain
lamp
jar
on
the
bedside
table.
The
whole
room
might
have
been
inspired
by
the
lady
of
the
portrait,
so
essentially
is
it
the
room
of
a
fastidious
woman.
But
to
go
back
to
my
own
boudoir:
it
is
really
sitting-room,
library,
and
rest-room
combined,
a
home
room
very
much
like
my
down-town
office
in
the
conveniences
it
offers.
In
the
early
morning
it
is
my
office,
where
I
plan
the
day's
routine
and
consult
my
servants.
In
the
rare
evenings
when
I
may
give
myself
up
to
solid
comfort
and
a
new
book
it
becomes
a
haven
of
refuge
after
the
business
of
the
day.
When
I
choose
to
work
at
home
with
my
secretary,
it
is
as
business-like
a
place
as
my
down-town
office.
It
is
a
sort
of
room
of
all
trades,
and
good
for
each
of
them.
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