November, 1912 
The fireplace, which is the central feature of the room,’ 
is finished in brick and shows off the beauty of the old-time 
steeple-top andirons and their accessories. Light, which is 
the essential feature here, is obtained by the many win- 
dows and the glassed-in door which divides the hall and 
the living-room. At the farther end, built-in bookcases 
line the wall, broken by a let-in window seat which over- 
looks the old-fashioned garden. 
The dining-room is at the left, the butler’s pantry and 
service apartments adjoining. It is a large and cheerful 
room, well-designed, showing for features, an interesting 
corner cupboard and inglenook. The walls are hung 
with a wonderful landscape paper which is largely of green 
trees and fountains. This serves a double purpose, being 
cool in effect during Summer, and in the Winter season, 
lends itself to the brightening of the room through the soft 
green of the foliage and the picturesque fountain effects. 
Ample windows light this room, and the large fireplace 
with its cheerful wood fire gives additional comfort on a 
cold or rainy night. Here is found an inglenook that is 
most attractive, carrying out the idea of the wooden set- 
tles on either side of the fireplace so common in all old 
houses. In the corner is the old cupboard, with its shell 
pattern. This is an exact reproduction of one that may be 
found to-day in an old Deerfield home, and forms just the 
right place to show off the wonderful old china which is 
supplemented by the pewter chargers and pieces of long 
ago that stand on the place shelf over the mantel. 
All the furniture shows the best makers’ design, the 
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Chippendale, Dutch and Windsor style being represented 
by fine examples. Many of these old pieces have interest- 
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Prominent among them are the old tables. One of them 
was owned and used by a Surgeon-General ancestor who 
served in the Revolutionary War, while another at one 
time did service as a Communion table in a old country 
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