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Show CONTRACT GOES TO WJ J. MIE p r New York and San Francisco Firm to Decorate Commercial Commer-cial Club Interior. LOWER FLOOR FURNISHINGS INCLUDED IN CONTRACT Work Is Awarded hy House Committee- for Consideration of $37,500. Wilh Ihe letting of the contract for Iho furnishings of the new .Commercial Club building Monday hy the house furnishings fur-nishings committee to W. t J. fjloane of Now- York and San Francisco, interior decorations for the new club home that will make the place comparable to the best clubs in New York or the Golden Gate City are now immured. The contract was plnred unanimously for the sum of Wi by the committee, composed of Joseph E. Caino. chairman; W. Mont Ferry. 11. L. A. Culmer. Samuel Sam-uel New house. IS. O. Mecklenherg. Hain-uel Hain-uel Welts anil A. .1. Davis, and Includes the furnishing for the four lower floors of the building. Tho rooms to be furnished fur-nished arc the rotunda, north and south halls, buffet, business and secretary's offices of-fices on the ground floor: banquet hall, main hall and kitchen on the second lloor: ladles' parlor, rest and retiring rooms, dining room and four other private pri-vate dining rooms on the third floor: library li-brary and writing room, billiard -room, card room and three bed rooms on tho fourth lloor. Charles II. Van Note, who represents tho Sloano company, has been In the city about three weeks, exhibiting designs for the furnlshinjTS of tTlc different rooms, besides samples of hangings and carpets. There were foui applicants for the eon-' tract, and the selection was made only alter long consideration by the committee. commit-tee. Some Work to Local Men. While tho contract has been given to au eastern concern and mijeh of the line work of decorating will consequently he In the hands of oxpert-s from the east, as much as possible of the work will bo done by . local artists, and Ihe paints, scaffoldings and the coarser portions of the decorations ivill be performed by local lo-cal concerns. Arrangements for Ihe fuv-nlshlng fuv-nlshlng of the two upper stories of bed rooms will he taken up later. The basement base-ment will contain storerooms, barber shop and two large business ofriccs for the sc of brokers Mr. van Note explained the general details de-tails of the furnishings for the. new building build-ing as far as decided upon, as follows: The building is designed in the style of the Spanish renaissance and the general trend of the decorations and fiirnlsldngs throughout the building In the Interior will 1h in keeping with the exterior. The rotunda will he furnished In the style of the Italian renaissance. The frieze about the walls will be In imitation of the mosaic, mo-saic, with ornamentation. In the old Ro-mnn Ro-mnn style. The walls will be tlnlcd a soft green In oil. with the gen.-;ral feeling feel-ing of a tapestry. The furnishings will be in thostyle of the period of the prelate, prel-ate, with the upholstering in old velvet. The lighting hxtures and trimmings will he In Pompcllan green a.ud metal. .The hangings will have a scenic design representing rep-resenting the siege of Troy In coloring harmonious with the furniture and other decorations. Lounging Room. The lounging room will have th walls covered with a .soft ecru effect, the trimmings trim-mings and hangings in harmonious colors of rich velvet. the embroidery, In Louis XIV doslirn. made In illuminated leather. On the floor will be a. luxurious Imported rug. The furniture will be of special make, the chairs and sofas upholstered up-holstered In leather and velvet, harmonizing harmoniz-ing In color with Ihe other decorations. The lighting natures and trimmings will be In Butler silver mtal. The buffet will be wainscoting of brick. Hi walls with special decorations in tiers of old rod and gold of Oriental design. The hangings will be of Craftsman's Crafts-man's cloth, .and the"eurtains will he embroidered em-broidered with the monogram of the club In gold. Dchind the bar will he a magnificent mag-nificent painting of "The First Firewater." Fire-water." picturing the initial attempt of the Indians to indulge their taste for liquor. Banquet Hall. The banquet ' hall is a spacious place twenty-four feet high and sixty-eight feet long. The pancllngs in ihe walls will he. decorated in oil. the upholstering rich French velvet In dark old rose. The hangings hang-ings will be in grey-green silk, embroidered embroid-ered In green cloth. The ceiling will be in sky blue and gold, richly ornamented. The lloor will he covered with Imported nigs. The furniture will be in grey enamel. Tin lighting fixtures and trimmings trim-mings will be in matte gold. The dining room for the hoard of governors gov-ernors will have the walls tinted in cold leaf and the decorations in an Italian renaissance design. Tho hangings will be of rich silken linen In ofTed of old rose. The floor will be covered with imported im-ported parquette axinlnster rugs. The ladles' parlor will be decorated and furnished In Hie Adams period, the walls covered with rich silk brocade. The hangings hang-ings will be of silk, embroidered with satin. The furniture will be made of Circassian Cir-cassian walnut and gold, upholstered In silk brocade and velvet. The ladles' dining room will be decorated deco-rated and furnished in Dutch style, the walls covered with Ilium in Portuguese pattern. The hangings will he rich silk and linen in mulberry color. The rugs will be parquette axminster. Billiard Eoom. The billiard room will have decorations tinted in red parchment, the curtains made of scrim, each to havo embroidered monogram of the" club. The card rooms will he decorated in style similar to the billiard room, the hangings made of imported im-ported linen fabric In the style of the Italian renaissance. The carpet will be of old axminster. The libra ry will be furnished In mahogany, the walls covered with line old tapestry showing a perspective. per-spective. The hangings will be of rich, gold color, embroidered with velvet and silk. The floors will be covered with imported im-ported rugs In harmonious colors. The furniture. "chairs, settees and lahles will be mahogany, upholstered in soft grey-green grey-green leather. Among the features of the furnishings will be n. crest for use on the club sta-tlonere sta-tlonere and embroidered on the hangings throughout the building. Special attention atten-tion will be given to the lighting fixtures and the poles and trimming?, so aa to make them appropriate to each room. The furniture throughout the building wllJ bo hand made, with special care taken to have them comfortable and of tho proper size, for each room. All gold used In the finish is to bo lacquered to a very fine antique finish." |