Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - Founders Room

The Pavilion’s Founders Room is an elegant lounge used by Founders members before performances and during intermissions. The two-story-high room features walls paneled with wood from the Australian Black Bean tree, which can grow to 100 feet high. The paneling was intricately designed to provide unity with the coffered ceiling trimmed with gold leaf. Floor-to-ceiling windows are spaced between the wall panels and reflected on the opposite wall with floor-to-ceiling mirrors. Dark green carpeting sets off the wood-paneled walls while harmonizing with the antique marble bar. The room features three elegant chandeliers that add a tone of gilded splendor. Two of the Venetian glass chandeliers are from the 1938 MGM musical, The Great Waltz, and the third was commissioned when the room was decorated.