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into compartments, some of which are painted in Chiaro 

 Scuro upon pink grounds, but the principal are painted in 

 colours; that in the centre represents the dance of the 

 Hours, the Seasons, and Aurora round the Sun, which forms 

 the centre ; the figure of Night wrapt in her mantle retires 

 under a cloud. The two oblong compartments represent, 

 the one a Bacchanal procession, the other the revels of 

 Sardanapalus. From the centre hangs a glass lustre, and 

 four girandoles in the corners are supported by gilt can- 

 delabra. 



The design, decoration, and execution of this room is 

 the work of Signor Valdre, and does the greatest credit to 

 his genius and his pencil. 



The chimney piece is Roman; the pannels are of the 

 Rosso Antico with ornaments in Or Molu: upon it are 

 groups in Alabaster: — Over it is a glass. — Opposite to it are 

 two tables of the finest Verde Antico: they were executed 

 at Rome: the frames are decorated in a singular stile, being 

 inlaid with the same marble ; — the tablets upon which the 

 figures in Or Molu are placed, are of transparent oriental 

 Alabaster: opposite to them are two tables of Giallo Antico 

 in gilt frames corresponding with the pillars, which support 

 the roof. 



Passing through the Saloon you enter 



THE STATE DRAWING ROOM, 

 hung with Orange-coloured Damask. 



The chimney-piece is Italian; in the centre of it is an 

 antique tablet of Oriental Alabaster, representing heads of 



