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Although
Monroe's "cabin-castle" is typical of farmhouses in the 1800's,
the furnishings are distinctive and elegant. The Monroes imported many
items from Napoleon's France. Made in Paris, circa 1800, the chairs
in the drawing room are fine examples of the Neoclassical influence
during the French Empire, as is the Monroes' French mantel clock. Napoleon
gave the Chaudet bust of himself to Monroe. The antique nineteenth-century
wallpaper, Paysage a Chasse by Jean Zuber, re-creates the feeling of
tapestries owned by the Monroes. The carpet features French Empire decorative
details. Queen Hortense of Holland gave the three portraits (of herself,
her brother Eugene, and Madame Campan, headmistress of the school attended
by Hortense and Eliza Monroe) to the Monroes upon the christening of
Hortensia Monroe Hay, Eliza's daughter and the first Monroe grandchild. |
 Original Monroe chair |
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 Wallpaper sample |
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