Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1899 — 4 Famous Cork Room. [ARTICLE]

4 Famous Cork Room.

The famous cork room that has been for ten years one of the attractions of New York City is about to be destroyed. The walls and ceiling of the room are covered over in an artistic manner with champagne corks, no fewer than 40,000 representing 30,000 quarts and 10,000 pints, being used in the decorations. There has been more champagne than this consumed in the room during the past ten years, but large quantities of the corks had to be thrown away, so as not to mar the artistic effect of the 40,000 used in decoration. The corks are affixed to the ceiling and walls by felt and sealing-wax.