Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present (1887) (14577439697)

Identifier: fitchburgmassach00inemer (find matches)

Title: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present

Year: 1887 (1880s)

Authors: Emerson, William A. (William Andrew), 1851- 4n

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Publisher: Fitchburg : Press of Blanchard & Brown

Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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. The style of theroom is varied, being Gothic, German and Italian. Thearched ceiling is frescoed in sombre hues with a frieze ofsubdued gold and in the cove above are paintings of naturalflowers upon a dark background, while the fiat surface hasthe same design as the hall below. Directly over the stairwayis a large panel in blue with oak branches interwoven across. This vestibule is lighted by a magnificent chandelier ofeight burners made of brass, copper and oxidized silver. Onthe right of this room is the Trustees room, which is beauti-fully frescoed, carpeted and finished in mahogany, and heatedby an open fireplace. The furniture consists of a mahoganytable and chairs of the same wood. Next to it is a toilet roomfor the use of the trustees. From the vestibule a door leadsdirectly into the Art Gallery. The Art Gallery is thirty-three feet by forty-four feet, andthirty-two feet in height, and is lighted entirely from aboveby corrugated glass panels in the ceiling, and windows of the

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NTERIORS—WALLACE LIBRARY AND ART BUILDING. EDUCATIONAL. 71 same glass on the four sides of the monitor roof; the woodwork of the ceiling is frescoed in dark olive and bronze. Thefresco painting of this room is remarkably rich and harmo-nious in color effect, the style being the pure German Renais-sance. The dado is a dark olive relieved by a band of gilt;the walls for the pictures, a Pompeian red, surmounted by afrieze of rich design and color, representing conventionalpomegranate leaves and fruit. The general effect of the cove is a gold scroll upon a lightblue background. In the cove are four large paintings, oneupon each side of the room. There is one, Arts and Sci-ences, directly opposite the main entrance. It representsVulcan at his forge—Apollo as God of Music surrounded bythe Muses representing painting, poetry, music, astronomy,history, etc. Above the main entrance, directly opposite Artsand Sciences is Apollo Musagetes, in which Apollo is rep-resented as driving his chari

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