February, 1910 



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with the exterior. While there has been no effort to pro- 

 vide only furnishings that correspond with the period of 

 the house, there is much old furniture in it, and the prop- 

 erties of historical relationship are observed much more 

 closely than is usual in the modern house of old-time char- 

 acter. This is especially noticeable in the wall coverings and 

 the carpets. The latter are, for the most part, in soft 

 tints of brown, and were made to order from old-time de- 

 signs. The wall-papers are quite as distinctive in their 

 patterns. In the hall is a block pattern of genuinely an- 

 tique design, while the "parlor-bedroom," on the first floor, 

 has a paper printed in England expressly for it, from re- 

 touched wood blocks seventy years old. 



reaches across the rear of the house, with windows on the 

 north and south ends. Two great beams cross the ceiling, 

 dividing its plain surface into three panel areas, of which 

 the most central is much the largest. A handsome bronze 

 chandelier depends from each beam. The woodwork is 

 grained in the old-fashioned style. The walls above the 

 wainscot are hung with a brown paper containing a very 

 slight figure. There are bronze wall-lights of antique pat- 

 tern, and the furniture is fine and old — chairs, tables, side- 

 board, serving table, china closet, the latter thronged with 

 a rich collection of beautiful pieces. The furniture covering 

 is black figured haircloth, and the window curtains are of 

 soft brown velvet with white sash curtains. The carpet is 



The upper hall contains a rich collection of old furniture 



The hall conforms to the old type, and is a rectangular 

 passage running through the centre of the house. On one 

 side are the stairs, a simple straight flight that rises to the 

 second floor without turns. The balusters are plain, square 

 uprights without ornaments, surmounted with a polished 

 rail. The woodwork here is pine, treated in "old bone," 

 a blending of colors and a final glazing of the surface that 

 have yielded results of remarkable beauty of finish, almost 

 approaching the transparency of Japanese lacquer. The 

 wall-paper is in shades of brown on a white ground. Tables, 

 davenports and chairs of the old days furnish the hall, and 

 on the ascending wall of the stairs is a fine collection of en- 

 gravings and prints. 



The dining-room is at the farther end of the hall, and 



in shades of red brown. The mantel is wood, and the fire- 

 place has a polished marble border with brass facings and 

 brass andirons and fender. The paintings on the walls are, 

 of course, modern, and are a part of the collection of mas- 

 terpieces accumulated by the owner of this beautiful house. 

 The whole of the front portion of the house is about 

 equally divided between public and personal rooms. The 

 former comprise the suite of drawing-rooms on the right 

 of the hall; the latter an even larger suite of libraries on 

 the left. The drawing-rooms differ in size and shape, and 

 are L-shaped, in plan. The wall-paper is striped in two 

 tones of olive, with a narrow festooned border, above the 

 simple wood base, treated, like all the woodwork of the 

 room, with "old bone." The carpet is green, with touches 



