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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
April, 1912 
a high wainscoting of oak in warmer tones on browns Elizabethan, and while no formal adhesion to period is 
surmounted by a decorative frieze. 
The dining-room is in the style of English Gothic, having — rived by judicious selection in the furnishings. The various 
for its woodwork oak of a somewhat lighter tone. Here hangings in this room are planned to accord with the gen- 
the high paneled walls are 
completed with _ tapestry 
hangings and a painted 
frieze. The motif of the rug 
of rich green is based upon 
the Gothic style of the room 
and completes its harmony, 
to which the chair-coverings 
likewise lend _ themselves. 
The large fireplace in this 
room has its hearthside faced 
with tiles of green faience, 
and the andirons as well as 
other hardware in this room 
are) or Gothic design. “A: 
conservatory opens off from 
the dining-room to the left 
of the fireplace, and in the 
warmer seasons this room is 
used as a breakfast-room. 
The library is one of the 
most interesting rooms in the 
house. Its walls are paneled 
with soft brown silk above 
the wainscoting of oak. The 
maintained here, the sense of harmony and comfort is de- 
eral brown color scheme and 
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take their note from the wall 
fabrics. The valances and 
curtains have gold fabric pat- 
tern appliqué and are very 
rich in effect. In this library 
we find hung a few well- 
chosen pictures, but this is 
the only room on the first 
floor so adorned. 
The second story contains 
five bedrooms, bathrooms 
and hallways. One of these 
rooms serves as a sitting- 
room and one as a den. 
Mies 
These are both most striking 
in their being furnished in 
the Egyptian style. The rug 
has a center of Alexandrian 
red surrounded by a border, 
the principal motif of which 
is the Lotus flower. The 
other colors introduced in 
this striking floor- covering 
Plan of the first and second stories are bright yellows, greens, 
rug is woven in colors that are soft and rich—a plain center blues and grays. The walls are covered with leather of a 
of brown and a border worked out in self-tones. A glance warm gray tone, and the woodwork is in silver finish. All 
at the first-floor plan will show that this room is well lighted, the furniture is finished in vert antique, and given the sug- 
both by the windows opening upon the terrace and by the gestion of old metal in its finish, thus bringing it in keeping 
square bay of the stairway. The furniture of the library is with what the decorator might designate as the Egyptian style. 
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A terrace overhung with vines runs along nearly the whole of one side of the house 
