One problem with the BPL Sargents is the sheer variety of media : paint, papier mache, metals, wood, glass, and a commercial wallcovering called Lincrusta-Walton, " which he used because it had a ribbed texture that would catch the light, " the conservator says . " Sargent was very keen on lighting.
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The house's interiors are decorated with a large amount of marble ( 17 types, giving it the nickname of the " Marble Palace " ), onyx, alabaster, carved and inlaid wood, glazed and patterned tiles by Minton Hollins & Co . and J . & J . G . Low Art Tile Works, mosaics, and Lincrusta.
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Fulton Street is also the home of Gage & Tollner, a 117-year-old restaurant with a dining room out of the past, complete with stately brass gaslight chandeliers ( many still have gas jets ), arched mirrors that reflect one another on two walls, and the dark brown-gold, embossed lincrusta wall covering that apparently never wears out.
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The chief woods employed are Lincrusta-Walton dados, in which the rose, shamrock, and thistle are designed, show great taste of skilled workmanship, and the same remark may be applied to the furniture in the saloon, which consists of sofas and easy-chairs upholstered in dark green morocco, that being the colour and material which her Royal Highness preferred to any other.
