﻿August, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  289 
  

  

  The 
  walls 
  are 
  of 
  rough 
  French 
  gray 
  plaster, 
  de- 
  

   veloped 
  into 
  a 
  vaulted 
  ceiling 
  with 
  a 
  flat 
  center. 
  

   The 
  floor 
  is 
  laid 
  with 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  red 
  bricks. 
  

   The 
  furniture 
  is 
  chiefly 
  in 
  wicker, 
  with 
  green 
  and 
  

   white 
  cushions. 
  On 
  one 
  wall 
  is 
  let 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  tile 
  

   picture 
  of 
  the 
  Parting 
  of 
  Columbus 
  from 
  Ferdi- 
  

   nand 
  and 
  Isabella, 
  being 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  a 
  sixteenth 
  cen- 
  

   tury 
  design. 
  Plants 
  and 
  vines, 
  growing 
  in 
  tubs 
  

   and 
  jars, 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  agreeableness 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  

   porch. 
  

  

  The 
  living-room 
  fills 
  the 
  entire 
  right 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   house, 
  and 
  is 
  lighted 
  on 
  three 
  sides. 
  The 
  wood- 
  

   work 
  is 
  white, 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  low 
  wainscot, 
  

   pilastered 
  frames 
  to 
  the 
  windows, 
  and 
  the 
  cornice. 
  

   The 
  plain 
  upper 
  walls 
  are 
  toned 
  a 
  French 
  gray, 
  

   and 
  are 
  papered 
  with 
  Japanese 
  paper. 
  The 
  plain 
  

   ceiling 
  is 
  white. 
  The 
  window 
  curtains 
  are 
  of 
  buff 
  

   linen 
  with 
  floral 
  border, 
  and 
  are 
  lined 
  with 
  white. 
  

   The 
  fireplace 
  is 
  wood, 
  painted 
  white, 
  and 
  lined 
  and 
  

   faced 
  with 
  red 
  brick. 
  Above 
  the 
  mantel 
  is 
  a 
  mir- 
  

   ror 
  with 
  an 
  old 
  Italian 
  painted 
  frame. 
  Opposite 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  is 
  a 
  triple 
  window, 
  the 
  centermost 
  of 
  

   which 
  opens 
  onto 
  a 
  small 
  porch, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  

   formal 
  garden 
  is 
  reached. 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  square 
  room 
  adjoining 
  

   the 
  loggia 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  front, 
  and 
  is 
  entered 
  di- 
  

   rectly 
  from 
  the 
  hall. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  colored 
  blue, 
  

   with 
  a 
  narrow 
  walnut 
  base 
  and 
  cornice. 
  The 
  

   mantel 
  is 
  of 
  walnut, 
  brick 
  faced, 
  and 
  the 
  ceiling 
  

   is 
  vaulted 
  and 
  left 
  white. 
  The 
  room 
  is 
  lighted 
  by 
  

   two 
  round 
  arched 
  windows 
  with 
  nickel 
  and 
  brass 
  

   mounts 
  and 
  ecru 
  curtains. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  hall, 
  and 
  

   opens 
  onto 
  the 
  inner 
  front. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  floor 
  of 
  Mo- 
  

   ravian 
  tiles, 
  on 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  India 
  drugget 
  with 
  a 
  

   zigzag 
  border 
  in 
  reds. 
  The 
  white 
  ceiling 
  is 
  very 
  

  

  Low 
  Stone 
  Terrace 
  Walls 
  Are 
  Everywhere 
  Characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  Grounds 
  

   Immediately 
  Adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  House 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Entrance 
  Is 
  a 
  Forecourt 
  Formed 
  by 
  the 
  Projecting 
  Wing 
  and 
  the 
  Enclosing 
  Terrace 
  

  

  