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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

  and 
  chairs 
  and 
  other 
  furniture 
  there 
  are 
  chiefly 
  old, 
  for 
  the 
  

   modern 
  reproductions 
  are 
  very 
  few, 
  the 
  photographs 
  at 
  once 
  

   display, 
  but 
  they 
  also 
  make 
  clear 
  that 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  ex- 
  

   amples 
  that 
  approach 
  the 
  more 
  modern 
  comfort 
  of 
  newer 
  

   furniture 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  avoided 
  — 
  to 
  the 
  greater 
  utility 
  of 
  the 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  their 
  great 
  comfort. 
  

  

  The 
  hall 
  is 
  entered 
  immediately 
  from 
  the 
  entrance 
  door, 
  

   for 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  summer 
  home 
  — 
  not 
  occupied 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  

   months. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  papered 
  and 
  painted 
  a 
  leaf 
  green 
  in 
  

   water 
  color. 
  The 
  beamed 
  ceiling 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color, 
  save 
  

   for 
  the 
  white 
  beams. 
  There 
  are 
  green 
  velvet 
  curtains 
  at 
  the 
  

   windows. 
  Green 
  also 
  is 
  the 
  color 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  coverings 
  of 
  

   the 
  furniture. 
  Oriental 
  rugs 
  are 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  hardwood 
  floor. 
  

   The 
  mantel, 
  of 
  

   wood, 
  has 
  brick 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  with 
  a 
  fireplace 
  

   whitewashed, 
  like 
  

   all 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  the 
  

   house. 
  The 
  t 
  r 
  i 
  m 
  

   of 
  the 
  wood 
  is 
  

   painted 
  white. 
  Such 
  

   is 
  the 
  setting 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  for 
  many 
  fine 
  

   old 
  pieces 
  of 
  furni- 
  

   ture 
  and 
  old 
  bric-a- 
  

   brac 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   room 
  is 
  filled. 
  An 
  

   extended 
  catalogue 
  

   would 
  be 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  describe 
  them 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  briefest 
  

   way. 
  There 
  are 
  

   Chippendale 
  chairs, 
  

   old 
  tables, 
  a 
  fine 
  

   Chippendale 
  secre- 
  

   tary 
  in 
  one 
  corner, 
  

   an 
  old 
  mirror 
  with 
  

   painted 
  top, 
  and 
  old 
  

   paintings 
  on 
  glass 
  of 
  

   the 
  seasons 
  on 
  o 
  n 
  e 
  

   wall; 
  on 
  another 
  

   wall 
  is 
  an 
  embroid- 
  

   ered 
  portrait 
  of 
  Gen. 
  

   George 
  Washington 
  

   from 
  the 
  Dr. 
  Grim 
  

   collection 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   mantel 
  hangs 
  an 
  old 
  

   flint-lock; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   grandfather's 
  clock, 
  

   old-time 
  mantel 
  or- 
  

   naments, 
  antique 
  

   andirons, 
  and 
  a 
  mul- 
  

   titude 
  of 
  curious 
  old 
  

   things 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   varied 
  sort, 
  each 
  of 
  

   which 
  makes 
  its 
  own 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  

   A 
  doorway 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  corner 
  admits 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  or 
  living- 
  

   room. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  recent 
  addition 
  and 
  much 
  the 
  largest 
  room 
  in 
  

   the 
  house, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  apartment 
  of 
  quite 
  generous 
  dimensions. 
  

   It 
  is 
  paneled 
  throughout 
  in 
  cypress 
  stained 
  a 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  

   has 
  a 
  white 
  plaster 
  ceiling 
  in 
  a 
  geometrical 
  pattern 
  of 
  curves 
  

   and 
  rectangles. 
  The 
  hard 
  wood 
  floor 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  

   Oriental 
  rugs. 
  On 
  the 
  left 
  is 
  a 
  vast 
  bay 
  window 
  with 
  leaded 
  

   panes 
  — 
  the 
  only 
  window 
  in 
  the 
  room 
  — 
  filling 
  almost 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  — 
  the 
  window 
  which 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  great 
  

   built-in 
  seat 
  below 
  the 
  casement. 
  The 
  wood 
  mantel, 
  which 
  

   is 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  wall, 
  has 
  facings 
  of 
  brick, 
  

   like 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  fireplaces. 
  Covering 
  the 
  opposite 
  wall 
  is 
  a 
  

   superb 
  piece 
  of 
  Flanders 
  tapestry. 
  The 
  furniture 
  has 
  brown 
  

  

  A 
  Glimpse 
  of 
  the 
  Rose-embowered 
  Pergola 
  

  

  coverings, 
  and 
  includes, 
  as 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  house, 
  many 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  old 
  pieces. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  old 
  ladderback 
  

   chairs, 
  a 
  secretary 
  brought 
  from 
  England 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   fifty 
  years 
  ago, 
  a 
  table 
  with 
  an 
  inlaid 
  portrait 
  of 
  Lafayette 
  

   in 
  the 
  center. 
  Among 
  the 
  many 
  old 
  ornaments 
  in 
  the 
  room 
  

   special 
  mention 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  two 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  en- 
  

   graved 
  glass 
  storm 
  shades 
  for 
  candles, 
  beautifully 
  shaped 
  

   swelled 
  cylinders 
  of 
  glass 
  delicately 
  engraved. 
  A 
  small 
  

   office 
  or 
  den 
  opens 
  from 
  this 
  room 
  at 
  its 
  farthest 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  hall. 
  It 
  is 
  paneled 
  

   in 
  wood 
  painted 
  white. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  hardwood 
  floor 
  with 
  Ori- 
  

   ental 
  rugs. 
  The 
  furnishings 
  throughout 
  are 
  old 
  mahogany. 
  

   The 
  mantel, 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  gray 
  marble, 
  is 
  old, 
  and 
  is 
  com- 
  

  

  p 
  1 
  e 
  t 
  e 
  1 
  y 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  old-time 
  fix- 
  

   tures, 
  including 
  a 
  

   metal 
  plate 
  warmer 
  

   and 
  other 
  fire 
  con- 
  

   veniences 
  that 
  have 
  

   long 
  since 
  passed 
  

   out 
  of 
  use. 
  There 
  

   is 
  a 
  triple 
  painted 
  

   mirror 
  above 
  it, 
  and 
  

   among 
  the 
  shelf 
  or- 
  

   naments 
  are 
  two 
  

   great 
  porcelain 
  wine 
  

   coolers 
  in 
  gold 
  and 
  

   white. 
  The 
  dining- 
  

   room 
  table 
  came 
  

   from 
  a 
  famous 
  

   mansion 
  of 
  old 
  Phil- 
  

   adelphia. 
  The 
  Chip- 
  

   pendale 
  chairs 
  have 
  

   brown 
  coverings. 
  

   There 
  is 
  an 
  immense 
  

   mahogany 
  side- 
  

   board, 
  several 
  china 
  

   closets, 
  old 
  cabinets, 
  

   a 
  wine 
  cellarette 
  — 
  

   near 
  the 
  mantel 
  — 
  a 
  

   banjo 
  clock, 
  and 
  

   much 
  old 
  dining- 
  

   room 
  bric-a-brac 
  and 
  

   old 
  Canton 
  and 
  

   Nankeen 
  china. 
  At 
  

   the 
  further 
  end 
  is 
  a 
  

   rectangular 
  bay 
  win- 
  

   dow 
  overlooking 
  the 
  

   rose 
  garden. 
  It 
  has 
  

   white 
  Swiss 
  curtains 
  

   hanging 
  over 
  green 
  

   Venetian 
  blinds 
  — 
  a 
  

   combination 
  applied 
  

   to 
  the 
  other 
  win- 
  

   dows. 
  A 
  breakfast 
  

   table 
  stands 
  here, 
  with 
  curious 
  caned 
  chairs 
  over 
  a 
  century 
  

   old. 
  The 
  window 
  directly 
  overlooks 
  the 
  gardens 
  on 
  this 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  The 
  bedrooms 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  are 
  furnished 
  with 
  the 
  

   same 
  delightful 
  wealth 
  of 
  antique 
  furniture; 
  only 
  one 
  room, 
  

   however, 
  has 
  an 
  old 
  bed, 
  a 
  low 
  four-poster; 
  the 
  other 
  rooms 
  

   have 
  modern 
  metal 
  beds, 
  a 
  concession 
  to 
  modern 
  advances 
  

   entirely 
  excusable. 
  But 
  the 
  other 
  furnishings, 
  including 
  the 
  

   wooden 
  mantels, 
  are 
  genuinely 
  and 
  delightfully 
  old, 
  of 
  a 
  

   numerousness 
  and 
  beauty 
  that 
  is 
  positively 
  heart-breaking. 
  

   And 
  the 
  gardens 
  ! 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  : 
  the 
  sunken 
  garden, 
  

   which 
  one 
  looks 
  down 
  upon 
  from 
  the 
  porch 
  ; 
  the 
  rose 
  garden, 
  

   with 
  its 
  sun-dial, 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  dining-room 
  window; 
  the 
  trel- 
  

   lis 
  garden, 
  with 
  its 
  three 
  terraces, 
  and 
  the 
  dahlia 
  garden, 
  with 
  

   the 
  tennis 
  court, 
  representing 
  several 
  years' 
  additions. 
  Every 
  

  

  