AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



articles. Against the farther wall is a fine old sideboard, richly furnished with silver and cut 

 glass; on either side of the entrance door is a small old console, decked with silver and china 

 ornaments. The remaining side of the room, which is directly opposite the windows, is wholly 

 covered with old Dutch tiles in white and blue. In accordance with the old Dutch custom, a 

 curtained shelf rtms across the top, and on it are stood more things of interest— old glass bottles, 

 a colored bust, gilded ornaments. In the center is the fireplace, likewise lined with tiles, with 

 open iron screen in front and quaint Chinese dogs in color on either side. An old carved 

 serving table stands on one side by the service entrance. The ceiling is white plaster. 



That the floor of the living-room is stained and spread with splendid rugs; that the 

 walls are of bamboo, largely covered with tapestries; and that the ceiling is of bamboo, are 

 facts easily grasped and, perhaps, quickly comprehended. But within these tapestried walls 

 and beneath this bambooed ceiling are gathered a veritable wealth of curious, beautiful objects. 

 There are fine old carved chairs. There are spacious sofas and chairs of ease and of state; 



A CORNER OF DINING-ROOM. 



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