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Grand Marquis Ballroom Foyer - Hotel Lafayette
This
space links the western end of the
ballroom with the corridor. It is probably an adaptation of a
room in the 1909-1911 addition that was built for a different
purpose.
Its most distinctive features are the large octagonal pilasters with Corinthian capitals supporting a heavy beamed ceiling, and the large scale broken pediment framing an urn above the entrance to the ballroom. The spaces between the large pilasters are divided in a way to suggest a two-story space, with smaller pilasters rising to a cornice two-thirds of the way up the wall.
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2017 Photos![]() French Renaissance style ... Doors to lead to Grand Marquis (de Lafayette) Ballroom ![]() Corinthian columns ... Broken pediment with urn over leaded glass windows ![]() Corinthian columns ... Broken pediment with urn over leaded glass windows ![]() Modillions support broken pediment ... Egg-and-dart molding ![]() Broken pediment with urn ... Modillions ... Egg-and-dart molding ... Ribbons in spandrel ... Rosettes flank flutes ![]() ![]() Leaded glass ![]() Corinthian columns ... Pendant bellflowers towards right ![]() Corinthian capital ![]() Pendant bellflowers hanging from ribbons ![]() Rosettes above paneled Corinthian pilasters ![]() Rosette flanked by flutes ... Paneled Corinthian pilaster ![]() Leaded glass ![]() Mosaic floor features Greek key motif |
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