{"id":639,"date":"2016-03-29T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2019-12-17T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:37:45","slug":"drawing-room-and-card-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com\/drawing-room-and-card-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Room and Card Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
Designed by the Herter Brothers<\/strong>, the Drawing Room features rosewood woodwork inlaid with boxwood, ebony, and cedar of Lebanon along with a ten piece set of furniture, bought by Charles D. Mathews<\/a>, believing that it matched the set originally commissioned by LeGrand Lockwood<\/a> which was never installed in the house.<\/p>\n The decoration of the room is centered on the Roman gods and emperors, from the doors bronze medallions to the painted portraits above, which match the Herter Brothers set. Pierre-Victor Galland<\/strong>\u2019s Venus at Play with Her Cupids <\/em>nearly covers the entire span of the ceiling. This magnificent painting was commissioned in 1869 by LeGrand Lockwood and remains a highlight of the room.<\/p>\n Adjoining the Drawing Room is a small turreted Card Room. Designed by the Herter Brothers, with delicate inlaid woods such as bird\u2019s eyes maple, boxwood, and ebony, the room reveals three of LeGrand Lockwood\u2019s great interests: music, art, and poetry.<\/p>\n Like the Drawing Room it features Galland\u2019s masterful hand. The arched ceiling, paneled and frescoed with birds and vases of flowers, gives the diminutive room a feeling of Victorian romanticism. The room\u2019s fireplace was never meant to hold a fire, but rather was a means to disguise a heating duct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>