The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape ... entertained other wealthy members of Gilded Age society. A painting on the gilded ceiling depicted Aurora, the goddess of ...

NEWPORT — The Breakers' third floor ... first bedroom of the tour has rectangular splotches of dark blue, where paintings originally hung, revealing how the early synthetic dyes in the fabric ...

The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape ... crystal chandeliers powered by electricity, a state-of-the-art technology during the Gilded Age. A painting on the gilded ...