It was, in fact, intended essentially as a room for grand evening entertainments, and Kent evidently bore this in mind when he constructed it; for he contrived a very ingenious method, whereby the double doors in the doorways between it and the two drawing-rooms, with which it communicates, fold back, when opened, into the door jambs, in which they lie flush, offering no projecting hindrance to the movement of guests passing either way. This is a point never thought of by modern architects, who might do worse, when designing great reception rooms, than take a hint in this matter from the much contemned Kent, and so obviate the usual "crush" at the too narrow doorways. * * * * * It seems to have been in this Cupola Room that took place, on the 24th of June, 1819, the baptism of the infant Princess Victoria. Faulkner records that "the Royal Gold Font was brought from the Tower and fitted up in the Grand Saloon, with crimson velvet covering from the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of London.... The Prince Regent and nearly all the Royal Family were present at the ceremony, or at the dinner in the evening." Exactly underneath this room is the famous pillared "Council Chamber" in which, as we have already stated, the Queen held her first council. =King's Drawing Room.= Built at the same time as the two preceding rooms by command of King George I., William Kent here again reigns supreme in the design and decoration. "It was on the walls of this drawing-room," we are told by Pyne, writing in 1818, "that the then new art of paper-hangings, in imitation of the old velvet flock, was displayed, with an effect that soon led to the adoption of so cheap and elegant a manufacture, in preference to the original rich material from which it was copied." The paper that now covers the walls is a copy of an old pattern, and has been supplied by Messrs. Bertram, the decorators. We may again notice here the five lofty doorways, surmounted by flat architraves, and the oak pilasters in the dado as characteristic of Kent. There was originally one of his great massive marble chimney-pieces in this room, long since replaced by the present plain insignificant one. The dimensions of this room are 39 feet 6 inches long (from east to west), 28 feet wide, and 22 feet 8 inches high to the top of the cornice. Painted Ceiling of the King's Drawing Room. This is another of Kent's artistic efforts. There is in the Record Office a letter from Lord Grafton dated June 26th, 1725, conveying his majesty's commands that "their Lordships of the Treasury would give orders to Mr. William Kent to paint the ceilings, etc. in the new apartments at Kensington"--including this one.