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OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 



object to meet the eye is the big della Robbia over the 

 gracious figure of the Madonna kneeling against a blue 

 sky with dear little green clouds upon it. Through 

 the open dining-room door you have a vision, all / 

 golden orange, of different deep shades. The Scotch / 

 builder we employed for the / 



construction of the two new 

 wings opined that "the 

 scheme was verra' daring/' 

 Personally, every time we 

 go in, it warms the cockles 

 of our hearts. We had 

 the golden-hued carpet espe- 

 cially dyed. We chose the 

 tangerine distemper for the 

 walls. We had, indeed, 

 considerable difficulty in 

 obtaining the higher note 

 for the curtains. Antique 



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chairs, with seats and backs 



of brown leather tooled ^ r-f - | 



like old bindings, we brought * --- -/ -j - 



from Rome/ from whence 



also came the yellow marble sideboard table 



on its gilt-carved legs, above which a bronzed 



cast of Gian di Bologna's Mercury springs 



out from that orange wall on a flamboyant 



gilt bracket, with a grace we have never 



seen that adorable conception display any- 



where else. We found a handsome, but anaemic, oak 



fitment in this room, filling the whole right wall with 



