THE "SAVOY."

Evening Star, Issue 15373, 23 December 1913, Page 4

THE "SAVOY."

No. 111. The banquet hall, situated on the third floor, is most easily reached bv the electric Int. Standing, at the door and looking in, one is almost led to imagine himself transported into the great banqueting- chamber of some old Elizabethan castle. The period treatment is consistent and extremely effective. The actual entrance to the hall is through a short, wide passage, having rooms on either ride for use on special occasions. Tho whole room is panelled in dull polished oak until within a few feet of the ceiling, where a. regular series of oak ba.rs at intervals display the plastered wall underneath, continuing up to meet the roof moulding. Tho roof itself is finished in great massive-looking beams of oak, which are supported bv four oak pillars, beautifully designed and constructed. The floors arc of dark color, upon which are laid here and there art carpet squares. On each of these carpets are set out little groups, consisting of oak table, oak chairs, and oak settees, designed, in the. severe, tvpe largely suggested by William Morris, the' poetcraftsman. A word may be said for the cushions. Some of them "are in soft suede-' finished leather with poker-work designs; others, again, in art canvas, stencilled. The electric light, which is full and strong, is enclosed in hanging lamp.'; of oxidised copper and rich stained glass, hung at intervals over the hall. A folding door, with cathedral glass panels, gives access to a drawing room, which is available for special functions. The mantelpiece, is perhaps the piece de resistance. It is an extremely beautiful construction, in rich deep blue tiles, braced, and bound with oak, and set off by a niost artistic solid brass fireplace of antique pattern. Tho casement curtains, needless to say, are in harmony with the rest of . the fittings. At tho end of tho room two dooys open into the. eervcry, which is equipped with every convenience for rapidly supplying tho wants of customers. The banquet hall has been designed primarily for the holding of banquets, annual dinners, wedding breakfasts, birthday parties, and functions of such a character"; but while not thus engaged it is available all day long as a gentlemen's rest parlor and smoking lounge, where a cup of coffee and a. cigarette may be enjoyed in quiet. In to-morrow evening's issue wo expect to say something about tho splendidlyequipped kitchens and the fine roof garden at tho "Savoy."—[Advt.]