The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew JacksonDorris, Mary C. (Mary C. Currey)
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The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson
Dorris, Mary C. (Mary C. Currey)
Hermitage (Hermitage, Tenn.); Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Homes and haunts -- Tennessee -- Hermitage
Scene I. The landing and the Queen advancing to meet them.
Scene II. Telemachus relating the story of his travels to Calypso,
the faithful Mentor by his side.
Scene III. Calypso gives a fete in his honor, and Cupid begins to
play a part.
Scene IV. Telemachus resolves to escape; Calypso’s maidens burn his
boat, and he jumps from the cliffs.
In October, 1930, the paper was removed from the walls by Mr. James
Wilson from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, for the purpose of
treating the walls to insure the preservation of the paper, and was then
put back.
1. Brass candlestick, presented by Mrs. Percy Warner.
2. Glass Celande or Hurricane shade.
_The Front Parlor_
All the furnishings in this room are originals. The chandelier, the
Parian marble vase and French china vase on wall brackets, the gold oval
mirror, the mantel of Italian marble, mirror over mantel, the pair of
Dresden urn vases, the Japanese bronze clock inlaid with enamel, the
matching candelabra, the two mahogany carved chairs, marble top table,
portfolio and autograph album (inlaid with mother-of-pearl, containing
two signatures of Sam Houston and presented by Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Plater), Bohemian glass dish, mahogany whatnot, brass cup, large
mahogany sofa, carpet and pier table are all pieces used when the
Jacksons were living in the Hermitage. The lace curtains are exact
reproductions of the original ones, made by Salmon Freres of Paris,
France. The original red brocatel draperies were replaced in 1954 with
exact reproductions of the fabric, made by Scalamandre Silks, which
fabric was also used to replace the upholstering on the red chairs and
the matching draperies in the back parlor. (Part of the original
curtains and draperies displayed in the museum.)
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