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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1905 



ARTISTIC HOMES 



ARTISTIC 

 HOMES 



A DOLLAR BOOK 

 OF MODEBATE COST 

 HOUSE DESIGNS. 

 Printed on the best ol 

 paper in 

 Edition de Luxe. 

 Any one intending to 

 build should purchase 

 this new edition of 



ARTISTIC 

 HOMES 



HIGH-CLASS ARCHITECTURAL WORK. 



HERBERT C. CHIVERS 



127-7th 



stroet CONSULTING «• 



—ARCHITECT- 



LOUIS 



No. 21. 5 ft. tigh ; 5 ft. 6 in. wide 



ARCHITECTURAL 

 FAIENCE 



FAIENCE TILE 

 y MANTELS 



f[T What a good Mantel 

 ^| for DEN, Library, 

 or where old Mission 

 style is wanted. 



tfTT Simple but effective. 

 j\ Rough surface tile, 

 6 x 12 inches. Best in 

 dull finish green. 



tf]T If you don t like 

 j\ this, we have others. 



The Hartford 

 Faience Co. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



set firm enough to be removed and stacked in 

 the yard, for the machine is always moved — 

 not the blocks. The mechanism of the ma- 

 chine used in this process is very similar to 

 that of the Pettyjohn upright model, which is 

 now so favorably known throughout the 

 country, and has the collapsible sides and 

 other patented features of this machine. The 

 apparatus are so arranged that fractional 

 blocks in a great variety of shapes, such as 

 halves, quarters, three-quarters, splits, etc., may 

 be easily made by inserting dividing plates into 

 slides made for that purpose. These plates 

 are made the thickness of a mortar joint, so 

 that two halves and a mortar joint, or four 

 quarters and three mortar joints, would equal 

 the exact length of a stretcher. The sizes 

 could thus be made in multiples or fractions 

 of a given dimension, and in laying up the 

 stones in the wall there never would be a space 

 left but that one of the fractional shapes 

 would fit into it. The liberal use of these 

 shapes intermingled will produce the greatly 

 admired and artistic effect known as random 

 ashlar. This brings us to the next point in 

 producing effective concrete work. Avoid the 

 checker-board repetition in size. Produce a 

 diversity — some long, some short, some square 

 and some rectangular, big and little, horizontal 

 and perpendicular, and some with heavy rock 

 face and some shallow. When this is done, 

 and the stones have a face with a gran- 

 ular texture, the result is superb. When de- 

 sired the random effect may be still further 

 increased by the use of multiples as well as 

 fractional sizes, as the machines are made in 

 all sizes, yet maintain a constant multiple. 

 It is desirable, though not absolutely necessary, 

 that there be three machines in using this pro- 

 cess. Information about this set, designs, pat- 

 terns, plates, tamping rods, pallet reinforce- 

 ment, blockings, chemicals, formulas, etc., may 

 be had by sending for the company's literature. 

 The engraving illustrating this article pictures 

 the moving of the machine from a stretcher 

 block. The material is in every way adapted 

 for service in homes and gardens. It requires 

 neither painting nor repairing ; its blocks can 

 be laid in walls of cottages, outhouses, gardens, 

 entrances, lodges, etc., rapidly and with little 

 mortar; plastering can be done on the back of 

 the stone, saving lathing; the stone is thor- 

 oughly durable and becomes harder with age ; 

 the hollow spaces are useful for inserting gas 

 and water pipes, electric wires, speaking tubes 

 and ventilators ; and time is neither a destroyer 

 of its texture nor superficial appearance, it 

 continuing to look like the natural product it 

 imitates so well under all exposures. Address 

 Pettyjohn Brothers, Nos. 510-516 North Ninth 

 Street, Terre Haute, Ind., for circulars, and 

 other company literature. 



Co#age Designs 



q WITH CONSTRUCTIVE "DETAILS 



No. 1. Coftage Designs 



Twenty-five designs, ranging in cost from 

 $600 to $1,500 



No. 2. Low Cost Houses 



Upward of twenty-five selected designs, 

 originally costing from §750 to §2,500 



No. 3. Modern Dwellings 



Twenty designs, at costs ranging from 

 $2,000 to $5,000 



No. 4. Suburban Homes 



Twenty selected designs, ranging in cost 

 from about $3,000 upward 



One "Dollar gach, "Postpaid. Sold Separately 

 Munn & Co., 361 Broadway, New York 



