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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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A
narrow
landing
connects
the
dining-room
and
the
drawing-room.
The
color
of
the
dining-room
has
grown
of
itself,
from
the
superb
Chinese
rug
on
the
floor
and
the
rare
old
Mennoyer
drawings
inset
in
the
walls.
The
woodwork
and
walls
have
been
painted
a
soft
dove-like
gray.
The
walls
are
broken
into
panels
by
a
narrow
gray
molding,
and
the
Mennoyers
are
set
in
five
of
these
panels.
In
one
narrow
panel
a
beautiful
wall
clock
has
been
placed.
Above
the
mantel
there
is
a
huge
mirror
with
a
panel
in
black
and
white
relief
above
it.
On
the
opposite
wall
there
is
another
mirror,
with
a
console
table
of
carved
wood
painted
gray
beneath
it.
There
is
also
a
console
table
under
one
of
the
Mennoyers.
The
two
windows
in
this
room
are
obviously
windows
by
day,
but
at
night
two
sliding
doors
of
mirrors
are
drawn,
just
as
a
curtain
would
be
drawn,
to
fill
the
window
spaces.
This
is
a
little
bit
tricky,
I
admit,
but
it
is
a
very
good
trick.
The
dining-table
is
of
carved
wood
painted
gray
and
covered
with
yellow
damask,
which
in
turn
is
covered
with
a
sheet
of
plate
glass.
The
chairs
are
covered
with
a
blue
and
gold
striped
velvet.
The
rug
has
a
gold
ground
with
medallions
and
border
of
blue,
ivory
and
rose.
Near
the
door
that
leads
to
the
service
rooms
there
is
a
huge
screen
made
of
one
piece
of
wondrous
tapestry.
No
other
furniture
is
needed
in
the
room.
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