The Marble house has a chinese tea house. Originally when the tea house was built it was below near the water level. It couldn't be viewed from the house. Later it was raised up higher. The cliff walk walks right under the tea house.







The marble house is made of several different colors and types of marble. It was imported from all over the country to Newport.

In fact the art on the ceiling of the Mrs Vanderbilts room was brought from overseas and put on the ceiling. The cherubs on the four corners didn't fit so they cut them out and added the in their own section on the four corners.

Mrs Vanderbilt was a bit ahead of her time in things like women's rights and all. She did a lot of the things associated with that time period towards that area. This is the front of the house.






Next is shots of the back and then of the side.









These were taken right in front of the chinese tea house. If you look off in the distance above the trees at the largest house roofline that is the Breakers.

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