July, 1905 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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A Cement Reproduction of an Ancient 

 Stone Fireplace 



The Workroom, Showing Completed Urns, Vases, etc., Cast From 

 Cement in Imitation of Famous Originals 



to influence the color, or even vary the natural gray tone latter in a comparatively thin envelope during setting, modi- 



itself. Further, the method of application of the color, fled the result. 



whether injected entirely through the cement before setting, As to the texture, certain masses of cement, falling upon 



applied during setting from the mold, or encrusted upon the the earth outside of molds, or hardening inadvertently in 



Within the Pergola 



