Rose Hill Mansion - Front Parlor / Formal Parlor
Rose Hill Mansion, Looking through the connecting archway from the Back Parlor into the Front Parlor. The Front Parlor features an eight piece Classic Rococo Revival set (settees/sofas & chairs) in solid rosewood, 1845, by Alexander Roux of NYC (1837-1881). Between the windows, which are hung with Italian silk damask is an Empire pier table with white marble columns with ormulu capitals which uphold a marble top. Made by Haines & Holmes (1826-1830) in NYC it has carved claw feet which are "antique vert" which is a method of simulating ancient bronze by using a deep green-black paint highlighted with powdered gold to enhance the effect of burnishing. Hanging above the table is an antique gilt mirror. The fireplace has a white marble mantel with slender pilasters. On the mantel are a pair of double Argand lamps with the original frosted and cut glass shades in the Gothic style of John B. Jones of Boston. In the center near the fireplace, is a round mahogany Empire pedestal table with a marble top and gold leaf trim. Overhead hangs a crystal chandelier with cut glass prisms and candles. The wall to wall carpet has a floral and geometric design which depicts the period of the house. Here you get a glimpse of the double archway, called a parlor screen, which divides the parlors. That doorway, to the left, is one of the two closets which are in the embrasures between the two rooms in this archway. The arch is framed on the sides facing both the front parlor and the back parlor by engaged Ionic columns, identical with the order of the porticos and the front door except for the addition of a necking band on the capitals of the honeysuckle or palmette ornamentation. Sliding doors which disappear into a recess in the embrasures provide for closing one parlor off fron the other. Rose Hill Mansion is located on Route 96A in Geneva, NY.
Rose Hill Mansion - Front Parlor / Formal Parlor
Rose Hill Mansion, Looking through the connecting archway from the Back Parlor into the Front Parlor. The Front Parlor features an eight piece Classic Rococo Revival set (settees/sofas & chairs) in solid rosewood, 1845, by Alexander Roux of NYC (1837-1881). Between the windows, which are hung with Italian silk damask is an Empire pier table with white marble columns with ormulu capitals which uphold a marble top. Made by Haines & Holmes (1826-1830) in NYC it has carved claw feet which are "antique vert" which is a method of simulating ancient bronze by using a deep green-black paint highlighted with powdered gold to enhance the effect of burnishing. Hanging above the table is an antique gilt mirror. The fireplace has a white marble mantel with slender pilasters. On the mantel are a pair of double Argand lamps with the original frosted and cut glass shades in the Gothic style of John B. Jones of Boston. In the center near the fireplace, is a round mahogany Empire pedestal table with a marble top and gold leaf trim. Overhead hangs a crystal chandelier with cut glass prisms and candles. The wall to wall carpet has a floral and geometric design which depicts the period of the house. Here you get a glimpse of the double archway, called a parlor screen, which divides the parlors. That doorway, to the left, is one of the two closets which are in the embrasures between the two rooms in this archway. The arch is framed on the sides facing both the front parlor and the back parlor by engaged Ionic columns, identical with the order of the porticos and the front door except for the addition of a necking band on the capitals of the honeysuckle or palmette ornamentation. Sliding doors which disappear into a recess in the embrasures provide for closing one parlor off fron the other. Rose Hill Mansion is located on Route 96A in Geneva, NY.