It is punctuated by successive bands of matte and burnished gold, stylized four-petal molded flowers, and gilded beading, all of which demanded hours of painstaking hand application.
Some echo the extravagance of the setting, such as his twisted bronze figures playfully referencing 19th-century sculpture, which provide an aesthetic continuum with the gold brocade curtains, flocked wallpaper and gilded ornamentation that decorate the apartments.