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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  with 
  white 
  velvet 
  decorated 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  pattern 
  in 
  green 
  

   and 
  pink; 
  a 
  curtain 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  fabric 
  hangs 
  over 
  the 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  doorway. 
  The 
  grand 
  piano, 
  in 
  one 
  corner, 
  has 
  an 
  

   exquisite 
  cover 
  of 
  light-colored 
  brocade. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  

   fine 
  pieces 
  of 
  old 
  furniture 
  in 
  the 
  room, 
  which 
  is 
  lighted 
  by 
  

   side 
  lights. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hall, 
  and 
  

   overlooks 
  the 
  ocean; 
  it 
  has 
  windows 
  on 
  three 
  sides, 
  two 
  of 
  

   which 
  directly 
  face 
  the 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  beautifully 
  designed 
  in 
  

   the 
  Dutch 
  style. 
  The 
  color 
  scheme 
  is 
  blue 
  and 
  white. 
  The 
  

   walls 
  are 
  incased 
  with 
  a 
  high 
  paneling 
  in 
  natural 
  oak, 
  which 
  

   reaches 
  to 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  doors; 
  it 
  carries 
  a 
  shelf 
  on 
  which 
  

  

  secting 
  circles, 
  the 
  whole 
  being 
  crowned 
  with 
  a 
  shelf. 
  There 
  

   are 
  numerous 
  pictures 
  above, 
  chiefly 
  hunting 
  scenes. 
  The 
  

   plain 
  cornice 
  corresponds 
  to 
  the 
  wood 
  used 
  below. 
  The 
  

   ceiling 
  is 
  plain, 
  with 
  three 
  central 
  lights 
  depending 
  from 
  the 
  

   center 
  over 
  the 
  table. 
  The 
  floor 
  is 
  stained 
  green. 
  The 
  fur- 
  

   niture 
  is 
  of 
  oak, 
  covered 
  with 
  green 
  leather. 
  The 
  buff 
  win- 
  

   dow 
  curtains 
  have 
  bands 
  of 
  green 
  with 
  billiard 
  ornaments 
  

   on 
  the 
  lambrequins. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  a 
  portico 
  in 
  two 
  stories; 
  

   a 
  long 
  flight 
  of 
  steps 
  descends 
  from 
  this 
  to 
  the 
  sunken 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  built 
  on 
  this 
  side. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  reached 
  by 
  

   steps 
  from 
  the 
  entrance 
  and 
  ocean 
  front, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  sunken 
  

  

  The 
  Drawing-room 
  Is 
  Pink 
  and 
  White 
  : 
  the 
  Furniture 
  Includes 
  Some 
  Fine 
  Old 
  Pieces 
  of 
  Great 
  Variety 
  

  

  are 
  placed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  pieces 
  of 
  pottery, 
  a 
  

   couple 
  of 
  fine 
  Wedgwood 
  plaques, 
  a 
  Delia 
  Robbia 
  relief, 
  

   and 
  other 
  ornaments. 
  All 
  these 
  stand 
  in 
  relief 
  against 
  the 
  

   frieze 
  of 
  plain 
  pale 
  blue. 
  The 
  ceiling 
  is 
  beamed, 
  with 
  panels 
  

   of 
  light 
  blue. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  rug 
  on 
  the 
  hard- 
  

   wood 
  floor, 
  and 
  the 
  oak 
  furniture 
  has 
  covers 
  of 
  blue 
  leather. 
  

   The 
  mantel, 
  which 
  supports 
  a 
  paneled 
  overmantel, 
  has 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  dark 
  buff 
  Roman 
  brick. 
  The 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  which 
  

   adjoins 
  the 
  hall 
  is, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  stated, 
  completely 
  filled 
  with 
  

   glazed 
  doors, 
  over 
  which 
  are 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  curtains. 
  The 
  

   curtains 
  at 
  the 
  windows 
  are 
  of 
  blue 
  velvet. 
  

  

  The 
  billiard-room 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  wing 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   house. 
  The 
  walls 
  have 
  a 
  wainscot 
  of 
  green 
  stained 
  oak 
  in 
  

   upright 
  boards; 
  above 
  are 
  panels 
  of 
  rough 
  plaster 
  with 
  inter- 
  

  

  garden, 
  contained 
  within 
  bricked 
  walls, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  

   paneled 
  balustrade. 
  Marble 
  statues 
  stand 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   each 
  of 
  the 
  side 
  steps. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  old 
  well 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  

   center, 
  and 
  the 
  surrounding 
  space 
  is 
  laid 
  out 
  with 
  panels 
  of 
  

   grass 
  and 
  borders 
  of 
  flowers. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   vines 
  and 
  partly 
  screened 
  with 
  hedges. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  house 
  sets 
  well 
  back 
  in 
  its 
  surrounding 
  land, 
  it 
  

   is 
  still 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  ocean. 
  The 
  ocean 
  

   front 
  has 
  a 
  long 
  porch, 
  below 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  tennis 
  court. 
  The 
  

   buildings 
  are 
  completed 
  with 
  the 
  bathing 
  pavilion, 
  which 
  is 
  

   designed 
  in 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  structures 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  

   directly 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  ocean 
  edge. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   gracious 
  two-story 
  structure, 
  with 
  an 
  upper 
  belvedere, 
  or 
  ob- 
  

   servatory, 
  a 
  fine 
  outlook 
  pleasantly 
  arranged. 
  

  

  