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384 Route 43. AMSTERDAM. Ryks Museum:
Returning to Room 168, we turn to the right and enter the
section devoted to —
Dutch Interiors, illustrating the development of domestic
arrangements from the 16th to the 18th century. — Room 156
(badly lighted, as are also the following rooms 155-151). Wall-
panelling (early 17th cent.); Dutch cabinets (late 17th cent.). —
Room 155. Wall- panelling and chimney-piece from Dordrecht
(1626). The ceiling (Morning and Evening, probably by Zh. van
der Schuer, about 1678) is from the bedchamber of Queen Mary of
England, consort of William III., formerly in the Binnenhof at The
Hague. Gilt-leather hangings and other furniture of the same period.
— Room 154. Panelling and chimney-piece from the early half of
the 17th cent.; ceiling from the apartments of the Princess Mary
Henrietta Stuart, wife of William II., at The Hague. Gilt-leather
hangings and other furniture of the latter half of the 17th century.
The chimney-piece is en suite with the panelling in Room 156. —
toom 153 represents an apartment in the style of Louis XIV. (end
of the 17th cent.). The ceiling, by G. de Lairesse of Amsterdam,
representing Apollo and Aurora, is from another room. In the
middle are chairs of the 16th and 48th centuries. On the wall are
two painted artistic cabinets. By the window, objects in mother-
of-pearl.
200m 152. Ceiling from the Governor's palace at Leeuwarden
(latter half of the 17th cent.); leather hangings of the early 18th
century. Thrones used by the Governors ({8th cent.). — The wall-
case contains ivory carvings from India and China, — CABINET
152a (adjoining). Chinese Boudoir from the Governor’s palace at
Leeuwarden (first half of the 18th cent.). — Room 154. Ceiling
and chimney-piece of the end of the 17th century. Gilt-leather
hangings of the 18th century.
Room 4146. Rococo cabinet. Fine stained glass of the 16th cent.
in the window. — Room 147. Panelling of about 1500 (nearly all
‘restored’). Chimney-piece from Utrecht. Gothic furniture of the
15th century. Bronze chandelier (15th cent.). Cupboards including
a fine carved sideboard of the end of the 15th century. — Room 148.
Renaissance furniture of the 16-17th centuries. Tables, chairs,
cupboards. Stained glass. — Room 149. Panelling, chimney-piece,
and bedstead; Italian settle. By the window are two bed-posts of
ca. 1530. Over the door to the next room is a Dutch carved wood
frieze, representing the history of Lot (end of the !6th cent.). —
Room 150. Large ebony cabinet, of about 1630. Stained glass of
1600. — Room 450a (to the right). Bedstead and chimney-piece
of the 17th century.
The WestsRN HALF or THE GRrounp FLoor, to the right of the
large archway, contains a variety of collections. — From the hall
of the Western main entrance we turn to the right and enter — |