September, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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furniture is some- 

 \v hat varied in 

 origin, some of it 

 being antique and 

 some brought from 

 Rome. The pre- 

 vailing colors are 

 red and gold. Some 

 old Roman sofas 

 are of blue and gold 

 with red-damask 

 coverings. 



Glazed doors 

 lead to the adjoining 

 apartment, which is 

 known as the Mar- 

 ble Room. One 

 pauses on its thresh- 

 old with astonish- 

 ment and delight. 

 Few rooms any- 

 where, and certainly 

 few rooms in such a 

 quiet New England 

 home as this is, offer 

 such a surprising 



contrast to the exterior of the house. This point, however, 

 is quite immaterial beside the exquisite beauty of the room. 

 On the floor is a vast mosaic, brought from the Torlonia 

 palace, of yellow and white and red and black marble. The 



The Morning Room, or Mrs. Meyer's Den 



great central circle 

 surrounds a star-like 

 center, and contains 

 lallions with in- 

 scribed emblems of 

 the elements. At 

 each end are oblong 

 medallions w i t h 

 cherubs and other 

 ligures. 



It is hardly nec- 

 essary to add that 

 this splendid marble 

 Hoor gives the name 

 to this sumptuous 

 room. It is a room 

 of marvelous and 

 beautiful light. At 

 one end is the great 

 bay-window of the 

 main front; at the 

 other is a triple win- 

 dow that admits the 

 north light; each is 

 separated from the 

 central part of the 

 room by columns that form a kind of recess before them. 

 The walls are white; a paneled wainscot below, and larger 

 panels formed by gilded moldings above. The detail of the 

 capitals of the columns are picked out with gold, and a mold- 



The Drawing- Room is Walled in Two Shades of Gray. The Beautiful White Marble Mantel Was Brought from Italy 



