June, 1 913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



197 



Reception-room 



worthy of consideration, and an English fashion that can 

 be followed to advantage. They are made of simple 

 wooden upright holding a seat which is upholstered in 

 leather, and enables one to sit with one's back to the fire. 



Two handsome brass candelabra, holding candles, are 

 suspended from the ceiling. The illumination is from the 

 brass side lights, the two pottery vases and the large silver 

 candlesticks which have been made up into lamps, and fitted 

 with red silk Empire shades. 



This is a homelike, comfortable room and the furniture 

 is so placed that the occupants are divided into little groups, 

 and the lamps, the books, the flowers and the writing table 

 make it an agreeable dwelling place. 



The hanging at the doors and windows are of red velour, 

 decorated with bands of gold galloon and hung in straight 

 folds. They are drawn far back from the windows, so as 

 not to shut out the beautiful nature pictures of the surround- 

 ing landscape which are to be seen from the windows. 

 French windows lead to the piazza which goes around one 

 end of the house and is used as an out-of-door living-room. 



To the right of the entrance-hall is a formal reception- 

 room, or parlor, done after the manner of the Brothers 

 Adam. The color scheme here is a beautiful sunny yellow, 

 and the panels of the walls and hangings are of a heavy 

 damask of this same color, showing an urn motif in the 

 design which is so characterestic of the Adam period of 

 decoration. A yellow color scheme for this room was a 

 good choice, as it gets ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ — 

 most of its light from 

 the north. Although 

 there is no Adam de- 

 tail in the woodwork, 

 the old woodtrim hav- 

 ing been retained and 

 painted cream-white, 

 a very good Adam 

 effect has been ob- 

 tained. 



The furniture is 

 after original Adam 

 models, made of satin- 

 wood, having the seats 

 and backs of the 

 chairs caned, and 

 decorated with painted 

 garlands, festoons, 

 wreaths and medal- 

 lions such as Angelica 

 Kauffmann and Cipri- 

 ani painted on satin- 



Tapestry in the entrance-halls 



A bed-chamber 



wood furniture. The sidelights are of gilt bronze and 

 repeat in their design the urn motif found in other parts of 

 the decorations. 



The dining-room is reached through the living-room. 

 Like the other apartments on this floor, the dining-room 

 has been paneled and in some of the wall-spaces old paint- 

 ings have been inserted showing figures of men and boys 

 engaged in pastoral pursuits. The woodwork and walls 

 have been painted gray and white; the white being used on 

 the moldings around the panels. This dining-room is cool 

 and quiet, admirably suited to its purpose, and the prevailing 

 color is a beautiful soft green. A plain, sage-green carpet 

 rug is on the floor, and the straight hangings and valances, 

 at the windows and doors, are of apple-green damask. The 

 furniture is of cream-white painted wood, and the fluted 

 legs of the table and chairs reflect the classic columns which 

 are incorporated in the design of the mantelpiece. In the 

 bay, opposite the mantelpiece, is a marble pedestal and vase 

 full of green, growing plants, which add a cheerful note to 

 the room. 



The perplexing question of how to do away with the 

 steam radiator has been solved here by covering it with a 

 simple grillework, which renders it more sightly, and a 

 drawer above for silver or linen, makes it useful as well. 

 This balances the console on the other side of the bay 

 window. 



On the upper floors are a series of private apartments and 



bedrooms, all beauti- 

 fully furnished and in 

 excellent taste. One 

 very handsome bed- 

 room is shown in the 

 illustration. The walls 

 are paneled and they 

 and the woodwork 

 have been painted a 

 soft, dove gray. A 

 plain gray carpet 

 covers the floor and on 

 it are spread white fur 

 rugs. The window and 

 bed hangings are of 

 that beautiful shade of 

 pink that seems to 

 have a gray mist over 

 it. 



The Louis XVI bed 

 and caned chairs are 

 painted cream-white 

 and are very charming 



