The living room is filled with many-colored objects, potted plants, and various objects from around the world which animate the room: a Dutch Colonial checkered carpet, antique rings displayed on crystal blocks, large Chinese screens, tapestry cartoons which provoke the most indulgent mood, and most enchanting of all, a living doll, made of a dozen or more perfectly spherical glass orbs, which opens its eyes to the most distant place. In one hand it holds a blindfold, and in the other, a tarantula.