Furnishings
Chandelier |
A two-branch bronze chandelier hangs in the Blue Entry.
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Pier table France, 1790 |
This Louis XVI side table of white oak and white pine with a rectangular
top has an egg-and-dart molding along the upper edge.
According to family lore, the governor-general of the Northwest Territory had owned the table, which was supposed to have come from Versailles. Longfellow wrote, "I wonder if Marie Antoinette ever rested her hand upon this." |
Mahogany bookcases |
Along the north wall are large mahogany Renaissance Revival bookcases filled with eighteenth-century French books including the seventy-five volume set of Voltaire which Longfellow bought at the sale of Mrs. Craigie’s books in 1841. |
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