Gracious living at its best: Westmorly B-22. This suite, just down the hall from FDR's in Westmorly Court, had just been occupied by W.K. Vanderbilt when this picture was taken in May 1900. Although this room is paneled, unlike the FDR suite, this picture and the one that follows are a gold mine of information for restoring the Suite. The music on the piano, by the way, is The Absent Minded Beggar (1899)
Words by Rudyard Kipling, Music by Arthur Sullivan. (Thanks to Rick and follks at parlorsongs.com for helping with music for the FDR Suite!)

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