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The den, on the 
left of the en- 
trance hall, has 
walls of wood, 
painted white and 
arranged in panels. 
The floor has a red 
and blue rug. 
The curtains are of 
striped blue vel- 
vet, and some of 
the furniture ~ is 
blue. 
The _ dining- 
room is a sump- 
tuous apartment, 
treated in a thor- 
oughly monument- 
al style, with door- 
ways encased with- 
in pilasters and 
surmounted with 
broken pediments. 
The doors are of 
mahogany. The 
room is lighted on 
two sides. The walls are arranged in panels with festoons 
in low relief in the upper parts. The largest of these con- 
tains a superb piece of tapestry directly above the beauti- 
fully carved sideboard. ‘The floor is of hard wood, with a 
rug of green. The furniture is green. ‘The mantel at the 
further end is of yellow marble, with white marble orna- 
ments and shelf. Above it is a portrait of Mr. Nathaniel 
Thayer, Sr., encased within a monumental frame. Among 
the notable objects in this room are two Chinese Chippendale 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
A Gentle Rolling Country Lies below the Terrace 
May, 1906 
cabinets. The por- 
traits are family 
portraits, and in 
two of the corners 
are marble busts of 
distin guished 
Thayers. The ser- 
vice and_ kitchen 
wing adjoins the 
dining - room and 
is fitted up with 
every possible con- 
venience. 
The upper floors 
of the house, as in 
all houses, are 
given up to bed- 
rooms and_bath- 
rooms. All of 
these are arranged 
with — exquisite 
taste and with dis- 
tinctive  furnish- 
ings. One room is 
entirely furnished 
with old furniture 
and includes a number of pieces of the greatest interest. Mrs. 
Thayer’s room has walls of French gray, with panels with 
white mouldings. The curtains are of pink damask. The 
rug is pink, and the furniture is white and gray. 
The landscape treatment of the grounds immediately ad- 
jacent to the house is still in process of development, but 
enough has already been completed to indicate the very ex- 
tensive and unusual nature of the plans proposed. The gar- 
den front is immediately surrounded with a low terrace con- 
cman 
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A Formal Garden is Laid Out within the Terrace Immediately Adjoming the House 
