﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  87 
  

  

  cot 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  treated 
  with 
  large 
  panels 
  

   of 
  canvas, 
  with 
  tinfoil 
  painted 
  yellow, 
  and 
  

   painted 
  with 
  designs 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  fireplace, 
  which 
  extends 
  

   to 
  the 
  doorway, 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  vast 
  slab 
  

   of 
  green 
  and 
  white 
  marble. 
  A 
  small 
  shelf 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  material 
  projects 
  above 
  the 
  fire- 
  

   place 
  opening. 
  The 
  chimney 
  breast 
  is 
  

   enclosed 
  within 
  a 
  large 
  panel 
  of 
  wood. 
  

   The 
  upper 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  windows 
  

   are 
  filled 
  with 
  leaded 
  glass. 
  The 
  cur- 
  

   tains 
  are 
  green 
  silk, 
  embroidered 
  with 
  

   gold 
  and 
  silver; 
  behind 
  them 
  are 
  white 
  sash 
  

   curtains. 
  A 
  warm 
  brown 
  rug 
  fills 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  hardwood 
  floor. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  fur- 
  

   niture 
  is 
  antique, 
  including 
  the 
  two 
  side- 
  

   boards 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  old 
  cabinet 
  filled 
  with 
  

   china. 
  The 
  door 
  to 
  the 
  pantry 
  is 
  con- 
  

   cealed 
  behind 
  a 
  large 
  screen 
  with 
  old 
  

   French 
  color 
  prints 
  in 
  its 
  upper 
  section. 
  

   The 
  chairs 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  carved 
  leather. 
  

   1 
  here 
  is 
  no 
  chandelier, 
  the 
  room 
  being 
  

   lighted 
  with 
  silver 
  sidelights. 
  

  

  The 
  drawing-room 
  occupies 
  the 
  cor- 
  

   responding 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   hall. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  throughout 
  is 
  white. 
  

   On 
  the 
  water 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  shallow 
  bay 
  window, 
  en- 
  

   closed 
  within 
  an 
  ornamental 
  frame 
  and 
  containing 
  a 
  built-in 
  

   window 
  seat. 
  A 
  wood 
  wainscot 
  is 
  carried 
  completely 
  

   around 
  the 
  room 
  save 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  book- 
  

   cases, 
  which 
  fill 
  a 
  goodly 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  wall 
  

   surface. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  green 
  colored 
  cloth 
  

   with 
  small 
  silver 
  circles. 
  The 
  doors 
  and 
  windows 
  have 
  

  

  s-enclosed 
  Piazza 
  Used 
  as 
  a 
  Sun 
  Room 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Driveway 
  Is 
  Bordered 
  with 
  a 
  Mass 
  of 
  Shrubs 
  and 
  Flowering 
  Plants 
  

  

  well 
  molded 
  frames. 
  The 
  entrance 
  bay 
  is 
  curved 
  at 
  

   each 
  end 
  with 
  a 
  decorated 
  wood 
  pilaster 
  whose 
  brackets 
  

   reach 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  ceiling 
  is 
  decorated 
  in 
  the 
  Pom- 
  

   peiian 
  style 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  outer 
  border 
  of 
  green, 
  and 
  a 
  white 
  

   center 
  with 
  pictorial 
  medalions 
  in 
  the 
  margin. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  

   is 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  occupies 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  further 
  wall. 
  It 
  

   is 
  designed 
  in 
  a 
  monumental 
  style, 
  with 
  corner 
  pilasters 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  has 
  a 
  facing 
  of 
  yellow 
  mar- 
  

   ble, 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  shelf 
  is 
  an 
  oblong 
  mirror, 
  built-in. 
  An 
  

   immense 
  white 
  bearskin 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  floor. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   multitude 
  of 
  objects 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  room, 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  

   bookcases 
  at 
  every 
  available 
  place 
  being 
  crowded 
  with 
  

   bric-a-brac 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  sort. 
  The 
  mantel 
  orna- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  beautiful 
  pieces 
  of 
  old 
  glass 
  ware. 
  

  

  A 
  passage 
  floored 
  with 
  mosaic 
  connects 
  this 
  room 
  with 
  

   the 
  den 
  on 
  the 
  entrance 
  front 
  and 
  the 
  living-room, 
  which, 
  

   as 
  has 
  been 
  said, 
  occupies 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  further 
  wing 
  

   of 
  the 
  house. 
  In 
  the 
  passage 
  is 
  a 
  closet 
  with 
  running 
  water 
  

   for 
  arranging 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  steps 
  down 
  and 
  a 
  splen- 
  

   did 
  and 
  delightful 
  apartment, 
  quite 
  the 
  largest 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  the 
  most 
  interesting. 
  It 
  is 
  divided 
  

   into 
  three 
  great 
  bays 
  by 
  three 
  standing 
  columns 
  which 
  reach 
  

   from 
  floor 
  to 
  ceiling. 
  At 
  each 
  end 
  is 
  a 
  half 
  circle 
  window, 
  

   that 
  is, 
  three 
  windows 
  in 
  one. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  is 
  painted 
  

   white. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  paneled 
  wainscot 
  around 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   walls, 
  which 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  red 
  burlap. 
  The 
  panels 
  of 
  

   the 
  ceiling 
  have 
  a 
  gray 
  ground. 
  The 
  room 
  is 
  extraordi- 
  

   narily 
  brilliant 
  in 
  color, 
  the 
  rich 
  red 
  of 
  the 
  walls 
  affording 
  

   a 
  fine 
  background 
  to 
  the 
  columns 
  and 
  white 
  woodwork. 
  

   Red, 
  indeed, 
  is 
  the 
  predominating 
  tone. 
  The 
  curtains 
  are 
  

   red 
  damask 
  and 
  the 
  mantel, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  white 
  wood, 
  has 
  

   a 
  fireplace 
  with 
  a 
  facing 
  of 
  red 
  marble. 
  On 
  the 
  shelf 
  are 
  

   many 
  beautiful 
  pieces 
  of 
  old 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  glass, 
  and 
  

   many 
  other 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  ware 
  are 
  disposed 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  room. 
  It 
  is 
  literally 
  crowded 
  with 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  objects 
  of 
  every 
  imaginable 
  sort. 
  Antique 
  bronze 
  

   lamps 
  of 
  various 
  designs 
  depend 
  from 
  the 
  four 
  corners. 
  

   There 
  are 
  old 
  clocks, 
  old 
  mirrors, 
  old 
  engravings, 
  a 
  ver- 
  

   itable 
  museum 
  of 
  antiques, 
  all 
  chosen 
  with 
  great 
  care 
  and 
  

   all 
  admirably 
  disposed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Burtin's 
  office 
  adjoins 
  the 
  living-room. 
  Originally 
  

   designed 
  as 
  a 
  porch 
  its 
  open 
  sides 
  have 
  been 
  enclosed, 
  and 
  

   it 
  now 
  forms 
  a 
  very 
  useful 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  

   apartment. 
  It 
  is 
  somewhat 
  shallow 
  in 
  dimensions 
  and 
  is 
  

  

  