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hangings from Florence (ca. 1500). Room 17: Small Florentine
chamber, painted about 1580 in the style of Poccetti.
S. Side. Room 18: Large coffered ceiling of the 15th cent.;
furniture, frames, candelabra of the Italian Renaissance. Seat from
the synagogue of Siena. Chests with representations of Neptune
and the Niobides (Italian, 16th cent.); 'Bridal chest from the Pa¬
lazzo Strozzi. — Rooms 19 and 21, beyond the staircase, contain the
*Panelling of two rooms of the 16th century (the original furniture
was different). The richer of the two, elaborately adorned with in¬
tarsia and enclosing an old stove, is from the chateau of Halden-
stein, near Coire, and dates from 1548. The other, from the chateau
of Hbllrich, near Wurzburg, was made about 1570, and comprises
a fine ceiling with armorial bearings. — Between these rooms is a
space arranged as a chapel, with altar-screens dating from 1500
and glass-paintings of the 14th century. — R. 22 (above). Collection
of mosaics, basket-work, etc. — Corner Room 23: Tapestry and
furniture of the early Renaissance, mainly from Burgundy and the
Lower Rhine. Admirable collection of boxwood carvings, mostly
goldsmiths' models. *Ribbon-weavers' loom carved in boxwood
(Nuremberg; ca. 1550). *Chamber organ, beautifully carved (Flan¬
ders; ca. 1530).
E. Side. Rooms 24-26: German and Dutch late-Renaissance
works. Room 24: German furniture of the 17th cent.; painted table
by H. S. Beham, 1534 (replica of the original in the Louvre); carv¬
ings on amber (chiefly from Dantsic), cocoa-nuts, and ostrich eggs.
Room 25: German baroque furniture of the 17th and 18th cent.;
two 'Muscovite' cabinets; picture-frames. Room 26: Dutch furniture;
carvings on ivory, mother-of-pearl, and shells. — Rooms 27-29: Rococo
furniture. Room 27: Carved and gilded panels from the palace chapel
at Versailles (ca. 1720); Clock and corner cabinet from Liege (ca.
1750); in the centre: French writing-table with bronze mounts.—
Room 28: Chamber with carved panelling and paintings from Paris,
ca. 1710; French pedestal table of boxwood, ca. 1720. — Room 29:
*Panelled reception-room from the Hotel Sillery at Paris, ca. 1730. —
Room 30: French works of the end of the 18th century; objects in
the German rococo style. In glass-cases, **Furniture from the boudoir
of Queen .Marie Antoinette at Versailles; opposite, *Comniode by Rie-
sener. Copies of the plate presented in 1772 by Frederick the Great
to Empress Catherine of Russia. — Room 31: Furniture of the 18th
and 19th cent.; in the middle two easy-chairs after Schinkel's designs.
The Staircase is adorned with stained glass windows repre¬
senting the Emperor and Empress Frederick, who founded the mu¬
seum, from designs by E. Ewuld. We ascend by the staircase on
the N. side
First Floor. — Collections arranged in technical groups, in¬
cluding pottery, glass, metal-work, and leather. The cases between