A COMPLETE PICTURE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12530, 16 April 1935, Page 3

A COMPLETE PICTURE

At ARINA’S LONDON HOME. BLACK AND' SILVER BATHROOM , LONDON, March 23. No. If Belgrave Square, London is almost ready for the house-warming parties' to be given by tho Duke and Duchess of Kent. They arrive hack from their honeymoon on April 14 and immediately after Easter, which they will spend w’ith "the King am* Queen, at Windsor,, they will give a series of family parties. The King and Queen will attend at least ono of them. Tho great problem of what to do with their thousands of wedding presents has been settled temporarily Presents that are going to b c used in No. 3 have been transferred there The rest are to rejnain at York House tho Duke’s home of bachelor days. The house is a complete picture, its , lovely centre being the Duchess’ apartments, running along the front of the second floor The Duchess’ bathroom is in black and silver. It is tile -most handsome of tire seven bathrooms. The bath iV sot in a silver alcove, and On the walls above it is a pointed ' silver fountain against a • black - background, It gives the illusion of spraying into the hath. The curtains are waterproofed silver. A''small antq room with a glass floor, lit from underneath by concealed lights, leads to tho Duke’s apartments. His . bedroom is decorated in “Georgian blue” (a cross between blue and green) The Duchess’ boudoir-: at the back of the ground floor, has a small balcony which lookg out' on a garden. The walls have been made of stripped! 1 -pine and lined with bookcases. Damask curtainsi match the:woo'd. ■/ - •