1.He went about her room, after his introduction, looking at her pictures, her bronzes and clays, asking after the creator of this, the painter of that, where a third thing came from.

Он стал бродить по ее комнате, рассматривая картины, бронзовые и глиняные фигурки, расспрашивал, чье это, кто нарисовал, кто сделал.

Перевожу, но метонимия теряется.

Также и здесь:
Except for a lack of youth, the guests had no common theme, they seemed strangers among strangers; indeed, each face, on entering, had straggled to conceal dismay at seeing others there