Dutch and Flemish Furniture
" winter scene" and a " Flemish Kermesse." The
principal piece of furniture is a superb sideboard of
carved oak, on which the following pieces of silver are
displayed : one aiguiere and basin with the arms of
Spies ; four candelabra with chiselled sconces, an extin-
guisher with tray, and an amphora, all with the arms of
Lutzenrode ; two large jugs, a deep dish, a mustard-pot
and six salt-cellars, also with the arms of Lutzenrode ;
a chafing-dish with the Ruyssenbergh arms, twenty-two
spoons, twenty-six forks, twenty-two knives, and ten
porcelain wine-jugs with silver tops.
Next to this hall is the bishop's room, which is
luxuriously furnished. The walls are hung with eight
large "tapestries of leather " with gold patterns on a
silver background. The bed is upholstered with curtains
of mauve silk trimmed with a silk braid of yellow and
violet. It is furnished with two mattresses, a bolster,
two pillows, and two counterpanes—one white, the other
green—and over the whole is thrown a large counterpane
of embroidered silk trimmed with a fringe of silk and
gold thread. The window-curtains, the six chairs,
and arm-chair, are covered with the same silk as the
counterpane. There is a large mirror in an ebony frame
and portraits of Maximilian, Syberg, and Bongaert.
The bishop's room is next to the salon, groot salet benen-
den d'aarde, which is hung with thirteen pieces of " leather
tapestry," showing gold patterns on a red background.
On the mantel-piece there is a crucifix carved of box-
wood, the foot of which is incrusted with mother-of-
pearl, and there is a magnificent mirror of gold and
black wood, the fronton of which is ornamented with a
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