[The Idler in France by Marguerite Gardiner]@TWC D-Link bookThe Idler in France CHAPTER V 17/18
The room is white and gold, with delicate arabesques, and medallions exquisitely painted. This _salon_ communicates with a corridor behind it, which admits the attendance of servants without the necessity of their passing through the other apartments.
Inside this _salon_ is a _chambre a coucher_, that looks as if intended for some youthful queen, so beautiful are its decorations.
A recess, the frieze of which rests on two white columns with silvered capitals, is meant to receive a bed. One side of the room is panelled with mirrors, divided by pilasters with silver capitals; and on the opposite side, on which is the chimney, similar panels occupy the same space.
The colour of the apartment is a light blue, with silver mouldings to all the panels, and delicate arabesques of silver.
The chimney-piece and dogs for the wood have silvered ornaments to correspond. Inside this chamber is the dressing-room, which is of an octagon shape, and panelled likewise with mirrors, in front of each of which are white marble slabs to correspond with that of the chimney-piece.
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