THE IMPORTANT FEATURE IN THE PLAN OF THIS APARTMENT IS THE FIFTY-FOOT LIVING-ROOM BUILT IN STUDIO FASHION WITH OPEN CONSTRUCTION AND A WELL-SIMULATED BEAMED CEILING, ALTHOUGH BOTH ROOF AND WALLS ARE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRE LAWS. A DECORATIVE PIECE OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH TAPESTRY HANGS ON THE SOUTH WALL HARMONIZING DELIGHTFULLY WITH AN ANCIENT NORMANDY WARDROBE OF THE SAME PERIOD, A CURIOUS OCTAGONAL TABLE OF ITALIAN DESIGN, AND CHAIRS OF PETIT POINT. CARVED-WOOD PANELS FLANK THE WINDOW GROUP.
A MAGNIFICENT HAND-CARVED AND GILDED ITALIAN FIREPLACE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FORMS ONE OF THE NOTABLE FEATURES OF THE LIVING-ROOM. ONCE THE PROPERTY OF STANFORD WHITE, IT CAME INTO THE POSSESSION OF MR. HASTINGS A DECADE AGO. OF IMPOSING DESIGN, IT FITS INTO THE SETTING TO FORM AN INTERESTING COMPOSITION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TWO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VENETIAN CHAIRS IN RICH UPHOLSTERY OF BLUE AND GOLD STRIPED SATIN.
ANOTHER CORNER OF THE LIVING-ROOM. THE WALLS OF SOFT GRAY STUCCO SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT BACKGROUND FOR THE OLD FRENCH TAPESTRY, WHILE STRIPS OF HAND-CARVED WOODWORK OF ANCIENT ITALIAN ORIGIN ARE INGENIOUSLY WROUGHT INTO THE DECORATIVE TREATMENT. THE ENTIRE ROOM IS FURNISHED WITH A RARE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES.
IN THE TWENTY-BY-THIRTY-FOOT DINING-ROOM, PAINTED ENGLISH FURNITURE IS USED AND A CORNER CUPBOARD OF INTERESTING DESIGN IS PAINTED TO MATCH THE OTHER PIECES. THE GATE-LEGGED TABLES, SILVER LAMPS AND SIDE LIGHTS, DESIGNED WITH MIRROR REFLECTORS, ARE QUITE IN KEEPING WITH THE PERIOD AS ARE ALSO THE PUTTY-COLORED PANELED WALLS HUNG WITH FAMILY PORTRAITS.
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