﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  February, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Breakfast-room, 
  Dutch 
  in 
  Character, 
  Has 
  a 
  Carved 
  Wainscoting 
  to 
  Set 
  Off 
  the 
  Antique 
  Furniture 
  

   of 
  this 
  Room. 
  Its 
  Effect 
  Is 
  Relieved 
  by 
  the 
  Chair 
  Backs 
  and 
  Seats 
  of 
  Red 
  Leather 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  wall 
  space 
  near 
  the 
  stairs, 
  a 
  large 
  Flemish 
  tapestry 
  

   lends 
  richness 
  of 
  color, 
  and 
  directly 
  across 
  hangs 
  one 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Hunt's 
  matchless 
  charcoal 
  heads, 
  a 
  work 
  worthy 
  of 
  Michel 
  

   Angelo, 
  yet 
  modern 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  degree, 
  and 
  here 
  very 
  suitably 
  

   placed 
  amid 
  many 
  mementoes 
  of 
  the 
  artist. 
  

  

  Returning 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  

   of 
  the 
  hall 
  is 
  the 
  library, 
  with 
  its 
  ceiling 
  of 
  dropped-beam 
  

   work, 
  its 
  series 
  of 
  English 
  mullioned 
  windows, 
  extending 
  

   along 
  the 
  west 
  end, 
  and 
  af- 
  

   fording 
  an 
  excellent 
  light 
  

   for 
  the 
  paintings 
  upon 
  the 
  

   walls. 
  Into 
  these 
  windows 
  

   are 
  introduced 
  a 
  few 
  sym- 
  

   bolic 
  emblems 
  in 
  stained 
  

   glass, 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  fam- 
  

   ily 
  chiefly. 
  The 
  library 
  

   shelves 
  are 
  filled 
  with 
  rare 
  

   volumes, 
  ancient 
  and 
  mod- 
  

   ern. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  paintings 
  in 
  

   this 
  room 
  are 
  works 
  by 
  

   Troyon, 
  Diaz, 
  Jules 
  Dupre, 
  

   De 
  Neuville, 
  and 
  Jacques, 
  

   while 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  domi- 
  

   nated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hunt's 
  "Jew- 
  

   ess," 
  painted 
  while 
  a 
  pupil 
  

   of 
  Thomas 
  Couture, 
  and 
  

   mistaken 
  by 
  Isabey 
  for 
  a 
  

   work 
  by 
  the 
  master 
  of 
  the 
  

   class. 
  Three 
  other 
  paint- 
  

   ings 
  here 
  are 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hunt. 
  

   A 
  handsomely 
  carved 
  settle 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  

   library, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  attractive 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  

   entire 
  mansion. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  

   is 
  the 
  ballroom, 
  its 
  length 
  

   of 
  fifty 
  feet 
  apparently 
  

  

  doubled 
  by 
  the 
  heavy 
  

   French 
  mirrors 
  which 
  are 
  

   placed 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

   large 
  panels. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  

   the 
  room 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  gold, 
  

   while 
  its 
  furnishing 
  is 
  a 
  

   combination 
  of 
  delicacy 
  and 
  

   richness. 
  In 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   fireplace 
  lies 
  a 
  splendid 
  tiger 
  

   skin, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   the 
  room 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  white 
  silk 
  

   Persian 
  rug, 
  upon 
  which 
  a 
  

   dos-a-dos 
  arrangement 
  of 
  

   seats 
  encompasses 
  a 
  group 
  

   of 
  palms 
  and 
  azaleas, 
  and, 
  

   like 
  the 
  other 
  seats 
  and 
  

   sofas, 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  Louis 
  XV 
  

   period, 
  of 
  exquisite 
  silken 
  

   coverings, 
  set 
  in 
  gold. 
  Beau- 
  

   t 
  i 
  f 
  u 
  1 
  tables, 
  ornamented 
  

   with 
  the 
  choicest 
  china 
  

   vases, 
  lend 
  richness 
  to 
  all. 
  

  

  Its 
  chief 
  distinction, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  lies 
  in 
  its 
  three 
  antique 
  

   silken 
  tapestries 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  

   "point." 
  They 
  are 
  from 
  

   the 
  famous 
  Gobelin 
  manu- 
  

   factory, 
  and 
  were 
  made 
  

   from 
  cartoons 
  by 
  Wouver- 
  

   man's. 
  The 
  largest, 
  at 
  the 
  

   west 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  room, 
  is 
  a 
  

   veritable 
  work 
  of 
  art. 
  With 
  

   its 
  wide, 
  rich 
  border, 
  it 
  arrests 
  the 
  eye 
  with 
  compelling 
  

   power 
  and 
  holds 
  it 
  until 
  its 
  beauties 
  are 
  compre- 
  

   hended, 
  even 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  connoisseurs. 
  The 
  two 
  

   other 
  tapestries 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  wall 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   exquisite 
  beauty, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  smaller. 
  The 
  three 
  furnish 
  the 
  

   controlling 
  notes 
  of 
  color 
  in 
  this 
  spacious 
  salon. 
  

  

  A 
  sedan 
  chair, 
  once 
  owned 
  by 
  a 
  princess, 
  occupies 
  a 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  near 
  the 
  fireplace, 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  cabinet 
  for 
  rare 
  china. 
  

  

  A 
  Pipe 
  Organ 
  Crowns 
  the 
  Hall, 
  Giving 
  a 
  Fine 
  Setting 
  Which 
  Is 
  Greatly 
  Heightened 
  by 
  the 
  Presence 
  of 
  

   the 
  " 
  Flight^of 
  Night," 
  Painted 
  by 
  the 
  Late 
  Holman 
  Hunt 
  

  

  