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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1905 



Ionic columns and a pierced balustrade. The floor is of 

 white marble, almost completely covered with a rug of 

 green, white and light brown. A light green carpet is on the 

 steps at the ends, and the walls, ceilings, columns — the whole 

 interior — is white, the needed color being given by growing 

 plants and by the carpets and rugs. 



Ascending the steps to the left one reaches the reception- 

 room. This is circular in form. The paneled walls are 

 cream color, the carpet a greenish drab, the curtains white. 

 Directly in face, as one enters, is a mirror let into the panel- 

 ing, which completely covers the walls. There is no true 

 cornice, but an apparent cornice is obtained by the arrange- 

 ment of the door heads. 



An archway, placed at right angles to the steps leading to 

 the reception-room, gives access to the upper corridor, which 



responding space on the right side is given up to the kitchen 

 pantries, servants' hall and similar apartments. The dis- 

 position of the plan is, therefore, entirely simple and logical. 

 The chief rooms of the house are conveniently arranged, 

 and are entirely separated from the entrance hall. The 

 chief novelty consists in placing the men's rooms on this floor, 

 an arrangement dictated by convenience. There is no third 

 floor in which the servants may be placed, and the space on 

 the first is used to good advantage. At the further end of 

 the entrance hall, in a position corresponding to the reception- 

 room, is the staircase to the upper floor. The floors in this 

 part of the house are all laid with marble covered with 

 green rugs. 



The billiard-room is paneled with chestnut stained a rather 

 warm brown nearly to the ceiling, a triglyph design forming 



The Dining- Room 



extends across the back of the entrance hall. This is the 

 main line of communication between the various parts of the 

 house. The inclosing wall is treated with engaged columns. 

 The central bay, overlooking the lower hall, is a solid wall 

 and perfectly plain. The adjoining bay on each side con- 

 tains a flat-topped doorway, with glazed panels, opening into 

 the living-room, which occupies the center of the house. 

 The next bays beyond these are immediately facing the pas- 

 sages by which the corridor is entered through the archway 

 that opens above the stairs from the lower hall. Here are 

 round-arched niches, each containing a marble bust on a 

 pedestal. Beyond, to the left, is the billiard-room; to the 

 right is the dining-room. The wing beyond the billiard- 

 room is occupied with rooms for the men servants; the cor- 



the crowning member. Above the wall is decorated with 

 a brown pattern on a gray surface. The fireplace is of 

 white marble embedded in the wooden paneling. The ceil- 

 ing is plain and undecorated, and the floor is of hardwood, 

 with a brown carpet around the billiard table in the center. 

 The furniture is of brown leather. The room is brilliantly 

 lighted by the great round-arched window at one end, and 

 has its own toilet-room. 



The living-room adjoins the billiard-room, and may be 

 entered from it or from the glazed doors in the hall. It is 

 paneled throughout with walnut, the cornice which sup- 

 ports the ceiling being carried on paneled pilasters, which 

 form an essential part of the wall decorations. The room 

 is oval in form, the corners being filled with bookcases, with 



