INTKH10H DECORATING 



AI.I. the walls and ceilings throughout the Singer 

 Tower arc decorated up to and including the 13th 

 story. The ceilings are done in white water color 

 and the walls painted a light tan shade to harmo- 

 nize with the trim finished in oak. 



Above the 13th story, throughout the entire upper 

 office portion of the Tower, the ceilings are painted a 

 light ivory color, while the walls are a dainty shade 

 of green that Mends admirably with the metal trim, 

 doors, etc., which are finished in mahogany color. 



The ceilings of the corridors in the Tower, likewise 

 in the Singer Building, Bourne Building and Bourne 

 Building Addition, are painted white and the walls 

 a light cream shade, finished with two coats of enamel. 



The decorations on the ceiling of the main en- 

 trance form the most striking feature of this contract. 

 Here gold leaf to the value of many hundreds of 

 dollars is applied with great skill and discrimination 

 to bring out the beautiful and intricate ornamenta- 

 tions in the series of vaults and domes surmounting 

 the marble columns. Especially at night, when this 

 corridor remains illuminated while the rest of the 

 building is in darkness, it appears to the beholder 

 like the nave of sonic wonderful, golden cathedral. 



An idea of the magnitude of this decorating eon- 

 tract may be obtained from the statement that more 

 than 4,500 gallons of material were required; and 

 while the employment of from 100 to 200 artisans re- 

 sulted in the completion of the entire work within tin- 

 specified time limit of thirty days, it would have taken 

 more than nine years' constant labor on the part of 

 one man to finish the task. Moreover, it is seldom 

 that so large a contract for painting and decorating 

 is completed in so short a time without the registering 

 of a single complaint or criticism. The entire work, 

 as described, was executed by William F. Marycriii, 

 No. 358 Wr>l Forty second Street, New York. 



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