The ceiling was divided at the centre of the room by a huge beam, from which depended an old chandelier of rock-crystal swathed in green gauze.

On the fireplace were two vases in Sevres blue, and two old girandoles attached to the frame of the mirror, and a clock, the subject of which, taken from the last scene of the "Deserteur," proved the enormous popularity of Sedaine's work.

This clock, of bronze-gilt, bore eleven personages upon it, each about four inches tall.

At the back the Deserter was seen issuing from prison between the soldiers; in the foreground the young woman lay fainting, and pointing to his pardon.

On the walls of this salon were several of the more recent portraits of the family,--one or two by Rigaud, and three pastels by Latour.