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Character-Defining Features <strong>of</strong> Individual Rooms<br />

1899-1906 1906 1940 Current<br />

Vanderbilt Renovation - Inventory Conditions<br />

Comments<br />

First 1938<br />

Period<br />

Accessories X X X,M X,M Certain items missing between<br />

1938 and 1940 inventories<br />

including bronze bookends,<br />

bronze figures, a pair <strong>of</strong> Doulton<br />

pottery jars, four out <strong>of</strong> a set <strong>of</strong><br />

five porcelain vases, an eight-day<br />

clock, majolica foo dog,<br />

Personal effects <strong>of</strong> Mr. Vanderbilt X X X,L X,L Certain items missing between<br />

1938 and 1940 inventories<br />

including a tooled lea<strong>the</strong>r cigar<br />

box, a brass night clock<br />

Books X X X,R X,R Mr. Vanderbilt's popular novels<br />

removed between 1938 and<br />

1940, seven volumes <strong>of</strong> Robert<br />

Louis Stevenson and a set <strong>of</strong><br />

William Shakespeare<br />

Sconces made by E.F. Caldwell X X X X<br />

Seasonal arrangements <strong>of</strong> flowers and X X L L Dynamic effect lost with<br />

vases<br />

removal <strong>of</strong> flowers<br />

Mechanical Systems<br />

Decorative grates/registers X X X X<br />

Telephone X X X X Dated 1900; inoperable<br />

Hand-held pushbutton devices (2) X X X X One single; one with three<br />

buttons<br />

Three-button wall panel X X X X Inoperable; to Butler's Pantry,<br />

Servants' Hall, Butler's Room<br />

Wall switches X X X X<br />

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