PRINCESS MARY’S HOME.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1922, Page 10

PRINCESS MARY’S HOME.

Princess Mary’s new London home at Chesterfield House has been a bachelor establishment for so long that great changes are expected with the coming of the Princess.

The first alterations have nawurany been, made in the rooms which Princess Mary will occupy. They are over Lord Lascelles’ library, at the back of the house, and have three windows looking on to the garden—a small London garden, the width of the back of the house. Two bedrooms have been turned into a bedroom and bathroom for the Princess. Oyster white watered silk paper is on the walls, and the dull enamel is of the same shade. An opalesque light hangs from the centre of the ceiling, and there are also wallbrackets. and numerous plugs for lamps. The furniture is entirely new and of Princess Mary’s own choosing.

The ballroom and the music room have also been redecorated for the coming of the Princess. Scrolls in gold are on the ceilings, and the white panels of the walls have the same gold scrolling. The floor of the ballroom, which runs the length of the house, is parquet. Two large antique mirrors acta greatly to the beauty of the room, while crimson curtains make an excellent setting to the gold and white of the walls. In the music room is Louis XV. furniture. The dining room has oak furniture and crimson walls, on which hangs a wonderful collection of pictures lately acquired by Lord Lascelles.

The carpets all over the house are very beautiful. In the dining room is one which is said to have come from the Tsar’s Palace in Russia and to be worth £lO,OOO. The library, which Lord Lascelles has used more than any other room, has a brown pile carpet and tapestry curtains. Lord Lascelres has a large collection of colored regimental prints* on the staircase leading to the bedrooms, but only one picture on the grand staircase. This is a painting by Reubens and is said to be worth £05,000. The grand staircase, which has a balcony above, is entirely of white marble.