Hotel Lafayette - Table of Contents
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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