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Figure 174 i I a a the palaces such as Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi that required particularly lavish interior decoration and furniture. This taste was procured so as to satisfy the requirements of the Sultan. As Theophile Gautier mentions in his account of his meeting with Karapet Balyan on the building site of the Dolmabahce Palace. Theophile Gautier states: “the Sultan, in the same spirit which makes us build Alhambras at Paris, chose to have a pal- ace in modern taste. At first, one is surprised at his caprice; but, on reflection, nothing can be more natural, if simply as an escape from monotonous harmony all around him, and all previous models. M. Balyan, however, had need of a rare fertility of imagination, to decorate, in different styles, more than three hundred halls or apartments, with the restriction, above named, imposed upon his materials.”** Although Gautier attributes this variety to the imagination of Balyan, it was also, in no small part, due to the wealth of his address book. TY... .2.2020 3 _*®, sy .. f....6e jBP yg... 2. FJ fF. Oy. J oe... 2. Lz Nn (®