A former Medinah Club member read of the renovation and donated the first anniversary edition of the club's magazine, The Scimitar.
The magazine contained photographs of the club, which were used to aid in the building's restoration.
Photographs were enlarged and used to recreate the carpeting, the furniture, the stenciling in the ceilings, the colors of the rooms, and the draperies.

The balcony of the Grand Ballroom, which had long since been removed, was rebuilt to match its original design.
The murals were restored by Lido Lippi, who had previously worked on the restoration of the Sistine Chapel.
Lippi also replicated eight other paintings, which had been stolen many years prior.

In the Hall of Lions, workers at first utilized a process called cornhusk blasting to strip away the many layers of paint from the marble walls, because traditional sandblasting would have destroyed the intricate details of any etchings beneath.
When, however, it was determined that a single marble column would require a ton of ground corn cobs, restorers decided to scrub away the paint by hand.
The two carvings of lions which were discovered underneath have become an emblem used throughout the hotel.
A former Medinah Club member read of the renovation and donated the first anniversary edition of the club's magazine, The Scimitar. The magazine contained photographs of the club, which were used to aid in the building's restoration. Photographs were enlarged and used to recreate the carpeting, the furniture, the stenciling in the ceilings, the colors of the rooms, and the draperies.
The balcony of the Grand Ballroom, which had long since been removed, was rebuilt to match its original design. The murals were restored by Lido Lippi, who had previously worked on the restoration of the Sistine Chapel. Lippi also replicated eight other paintings, which had been stolen many years prior.
In the Hall of Lions, workers at first utilized a process called cornhusk blasting to strip away the many layers of paint from the marble walls, because traditional sandblasting would have destroyed the intricate details of any etchings beneath. When, however, it was determined that a single marble column would require a ton of ground corn cobs, restorers decided to scrub away the paint by hand. The two carvings of lions which were discovered underneath have become an emblem used throughout the hotel.
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