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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 1910 



A bedroom with antique furniture 



jf red and blue. The window curtains, which are de- 

 signed with a valence, are rose silk damask with white sash 

 curtains. Both series are held back by cords fastened to 

 buttons or ornaments in pearl and clear glass; those of the 

 sash curtains are smaller than those of the damask cur- 

 tains. The bay window of the main drawing-room has 

 built-in seats with cushions of olive velvet. The mantel is 

 wood, with facings of mottled black marble and iron frame 

 with brass trim and brass andirons and fender. The fur- 

 niture is, for the most part, of old type, but modern com- 

 forts have not been overlooked, and a definite character of 

 interest has been required of each piece that has gained en- 

 trance to these rooms. Rose damask is the prevailing ma- 

 terial for the coverings. The porcelain treasures here are 

 of penetrating beauty, and the magnificent paintings are 

 again modern masterpieces. 



Unlike many libraries in large houses, those of Mr. 

 Pope's are real libraries. That is to say, they are literary 

 rooms devoted to literary purposes. The walls, for the most 

 part, are lined with shelves from the floor to the ceiling, 

 and they are thronged with the books of the 

 book-lover and student. The bookish char- 

 acter does not cease with the book-lined 

 walls, for on the panelled surface around the 

 fireplace are portraits of authors and rare 

 old engravings that are favorite objects of 

 study. The furnishings, as elsewhere, are 

 entirely harmonious with the style of the 

 house. The color treatment is brown, with 

 brown carpet, curtains in two tones of brown 

 silk damask, and brown furniture coverings. 

 The woodwork is grained in the old style, 

 and is dull yellow in color. The library 

 comprises a suite of three great rooms. The 

 first, which opens directly from the hall, is 

 the original library. Beyond it is the new 

 library, a larger room recently added to the 

 house. Still farther on, and on the extreme 

 side of the house, is Col. Pope's personal 

 office. It is several steps below the other 

 rooms, and is completely panelled in walnut. 

 The carpet here is gray. There is a passage 

 behind the stairs in the hall which leads to 

 the "parlor-bedroom" on the first floor. The 



unique character of its wall-paper has al- 

 ready been mentioned: it is in stripes of 

 white, with festoons in light colors. The 

 side of the room containing the fireplace 

 is completely panelled in wood, painted 

 white, as is all the woodwork. The man- 

 tel is wood, with facings of mottled yellow 

 marble and a lining of hammered iron; the 

 fender and andirons are brass. There is a 

 splendid old brass triple mirror above 

 the mantel shelf. I'iie window curtains, 

 bed-hangings and furniture coverings are 

 pink and white striped silk, the bed being 

 a line old four-poster, of which the house 

 possesses an unusual number. A bathroom, 

 which was added when the new library was 

 built, makes this suite complete in itself. 



The charming old-time character which 

 distinguishes the arrangement and furnish- 

 ing of the first Boor of the house is car- 

 ried out with equal consistency in the 

 second story. The hall reproduces the 

 dimensions of the first floor hall, and, like 

 it, is papered with the block paper, and is 

 abundantly furnished with a delightful col- 

 lection of old-time tables and chairs. Even more marked 

 is the character of the bedrooms. The utmost harmony 

 prevails in their furnishings. That there is a marked in- 

 dividuality and distinction in the different chambers may 

 be pointed out without further comment; but the collection 

 of old furniture arranged in them, delightful four-posters, 

 the old-time dressing tables and bureaus, the chairs, the 

 mirrors, the whole thing, is so well done and so beautifully 

 carried out, that one hesitates to leave one room until a 

 glimpse of a new attraction in the next draws one farther 

 on, only to have one's feelings stirred the more with each 

 new and more successful chamber. 



The green bedroom has a green carpet with small red 

 dots, all but invisible. The wall-paper is light blue, with, 

 a white trellis carried around bunches of green flowers. 

 The fireplace has a blue marble band in Its facing, and 

 above the mantel is a fine mahogany mirror. The cur- 

 tains and furniture covering is figured cretonne. 



The mulberry room is equally characteristic. The wall- 

 paper has a lavender ground with a pattern of small dia- 



The "p'""lor-bedroom " of .the ground floor 



