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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, iQio 



as form the mam 

 feature of the sepa- 

 ration between the 

 dining-room and the 

 hall. Here, how- 

 ever, they are com- 

 pletely open, save 

 for a simple balus- 

 trade at the base. 

 Before each column 

 is a great gilt eccle- 

 siastical candlestick, 

 standing on a high 

 pedestal. Approach- 

 ing the railing one 

 looks over and 

 down upon the bil- 

 liard-room. 



The individuality 

 that has distin- 

 guished the other 

 rooms is here even 

 more marked and 

 pronounced. It is 

 quite unlike the 

 other apartments, 

 yet although it 



opens into the hall, and is hence as one, in a measure with 

 the dining-room, it is so entirely sequestered that the very 

 striking character of its individuality is by no means in- 

 harmonious nor, indeed, conspicuous. 



Although the contour of the exterior ground does not 

 suggest it, nor for that matter, does the external archi- 

 tecture, since the tops of the windows are everywhere 

 kept at the same level — the additional space being left be- 

 low them — this room is much lower than the others, and 

 is reached by a short flight of steps that descends near 



The owner's bedroom — designed in the Louis XVI style 



the main staircase. 

 It is panelled in 

 oak, with high plain 

 wainscot, above 

 which the walls are 

 treated in rough 

 cast. The ceiling 

 is covered with oak 

 boards, and is up- 

 held by great beams 

 and struts. The 

 windows are en- 

 cased within plain 

 frames of oak, and 

 have small lambre- 

 quins of red velvet 

 and red shades. 

 The carpet around 

 the billiard-table is 

 red, and the hard- 

 wood floor is stained 

 green. At the far- 

 ther end is the fire- 

 place, a massive 

 structure built up of 

 yellow brown stones 

 and with red brick 

 lining; a Greek relief is let into the upper part. On each 

 side is an arched recess, with a built-in seat below a small 

 window; a pair of Moose horns is fastened above each, 

 and in the uppermost recess is a copper lantern. Two of 

 these depend from the ceiling all being furnished with elec- 

 tric lights. Coupled lights beneath each of the brackets 

 carrying the ceiling supports are contrived in the skull and 

 horns of Rocky Mountain goats. An interesting room, 

 strongly in its furnishings, and a most interesting place of 

 retreat in a thoroughly interesting house. 



The Louis XVI dining-room 



