85steps higher than the level of the hall; the music room, which is at the same level as
the hall and which abuts on the rear facade; immediately adjoining it, and four steps
higher, the dining room, which also abuts on the rear facade (figure 42).
Each room is characterized by different materials and proportions. The ladies’
lounge, which is situated in the bay window above the front door, has light wood pan-
eling, and the fixed benches there are covered with a checked material (figure 43). It
is like an alcove and has a wide opening onto the hall. In the music room darker col-
ors prevail and the furnishings are largely peripheral: okumé paneling, a polished
ebony floor, and blue material for the fixed benches just inside the garden facade (fig-
ure 44). Despite its visual relation with the dining room and the hall, and despite the
fact that it can be entered from the garden, the dominant darker colors give this room
an introspective character; this impression is reinforced by the slightly protruding
ceiling surround that is also clad with okumé, and which contains the indirect light-
ing. The dining room is a light, open room that leads directly to the terrace (figure 45).
The ceiling of this room is bounded by a plastered surround. It is supported by four
projecting corner columns; these, like the skirting boards, are clad with travertine.
The fitted cupboards and the rest of the walls also are clad with the same okumé ply-
board material as in the music room; above the sideboards there are mirrors. The din-84
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ladies’ lounge.
(Photo: Albertina, ALA 2455.)