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lUli o> mantels; in the fan amenl fficc d« rways; in th white lir risers; in the wood-paneled waii I on th< stair walls; in the tanem crystal chandeliers in innumci able tiny but authentic details. For these Illini the striking § :n design f the Colonial Room wallpaper: the rich brown on the (Jeneral Lounge walls; the hang o\ pace as they move from the knotty pine walls of the Pine Room to the ivory and blue of the Wedgwood Room — all help to make the Illini I'nion what it Th uthentic rly Ami interiors in the Illini I'nion w developed only aft rupuloi udv and adaptation from over forty of illusti ions loaned for th theUniv< Vrchifc ural

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-loth. Illini know tl Illini I'nion lg not as a p iod pi but n nple of functional, i ful architec-to-walk-on cork i1 1 I in the areas is heavi rhe) :e tiven I the four-directional into th-- Main Lounge. The> recrchitectural How from 0 room, and from floor to floor op< tin- elevators and stairway f mild gradient. They appreciate the uble dui of the private dinii room

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