Welcome to the Fountain room - named for the Serpent Fountain in the courtyard that you can see so well from this guest room. The dark burgundy wall covering works well because of the southwest orientation of this room and two walls of windows..
Garden view/1880French queenbed&armoire/1840empire dresser/marble top table/shower

Surveying your room you will discover many special antiques: 1880 French Walnut Sea Shell carved four-piece bedroom set; 1880 queenbed headboard, carved shell and floral crest, arched top, crotch veneer, applied panels, matching footboard, serpentine base; 1880 armoire, 2 doors with full length beveled mirrors, 1 drawer, crotch veneer, carved shell and floral crest, applied panels, serpentine base; 1880 pair turtle top nite tables, pierced carving, carved acanthus leaf turned center post, 4 pierced cabriole legs; 1880 Marble Topped American Walnut side table, rectangular, center finial, burled walnut applied, 4 legs; 1860 Walnut American balloon back arm chair, upholstered seat@back; 1870 Walnut American upholstered platform rocker, incised lines, carved pierced crest; 1840 Walnut American Empire Highboy dresser, very rare, five drawers, crotch veneer, rosewood square claw feet, carved ½ columns, applied carvings, rope edge to, brass bale pulls; 1880 brass oil table lamp, electrified, silk shade; 1860 wall clock [R=A], 5 finials, chimes, glass door, porcelain face turned column corners; 1840 rectangular mirror, walnut frame, pierced shell carving, arch top, serpentine bottom; 1900 oval jessoed gilt mirror.

Other details include: 1900 needlework footstool, rectangular, turned handles; 1880 Silver vase chased flower; 1910 Brass onyx bridge floor lamp, pressed brass pole, fringed scalloped shade; 1910 pair figurine porcelain bed lamps, silk shades; 1880 Cast iron hand iron; 1880 Walnut American marble top washstand, railroad applied, 1 drawer, two doors, wooden acorn handles; 1890 Marble Topped China Corner Basin; and a tile shower.

Your stay at the Martine Inn in the Fountain room will be a soothing experience listening to the water splashing into the pond, offering relaxation and the calm of a world long ago.

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