"The Empire Room...A setting of sparkling gaiety for dinner and dancing."

"The Empire Room...A setting of sparkling gaiety for dinner and dancing."

Black and white photograph depicting the Empire Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Referenced by Lent's 1934 publication: "...the Empire Room of today is distinguished by a more modern interpretation of the Empire period style. Its wainscoting and pilasters are of Serpentine green marble. The walls are of harewood stained and finished in light grey. The hangings, of specially woven silk damask, are based on designs taken from old documents of the Empire period, worked in gold against an empire green background."

Smith, Richard Averill

The Waldorf-Astoria

1934

Histories & Publications

Smith, R.A. (1935). The Waldorf-Astoria. New York: The Waldorf-Astoria.

Lent, H.B. (1934). The Waldorf –Astoria: A Brief chronicle of a unique institution now entering its fifth decade. New York: private printing for the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corporation.

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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present

Empire Room

1931 - 1939

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