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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1 9 10 



fireplace tiles were 

 brought from Hol- 

 land for the better 

 grade of house build- 

 ing in Colonial days 

 and an almost per- 

 fect set representing 

 Biblical subjects, is 

 still in evidence, in 

 the historic mansion, 

 near Philadelphia 

 that was once the 

 home of William 

 P e n n ' s secretary. 

 Terra-cotta or bufl- 

 colored bricks may be 

 substituted for tiling 

 with sometimes a bet- 

 ter general color ef- 

 fect than the blue 

 tiles. 



The fireplace 

 equipment calls 

 for andirons, fenders, 

 tongs, poker, shovel, 



Bricks are used for fireplace tiling in the library 



walls the mezzotints 

 of Charles Bird may 

 be remembered and 

 also the etchings 

 from Dendy Sadler's 

 picturesque interiors. 



Lighting fixtures, 

 especially when elec- 

 tricity is employed, 

 may give expression 

 to Colonial feeling by 

 using bracket lamps 

 and cut-glass shades, 

 or candlesticks with a 

 detachable silk screen 

 in front of the flame. 

 Omitting a chandelier, 

 one may have side 

 lights for general 

 illumination, with 

 portable lamps on 

 tables and writing 

 desk. A cluster of 

 ceiling lights in the 

 dining-room may be 



hearth brush and bellows, and of these it is not diflEcult supplemented with candles at meal times, 

 to obtain duplicates of really old patterns. Carpets are almost universally abandoned for large and 



The decorations for the shelf itself may consist of brass small rugs, in these days of hygienic conditions. For the 



candlesticks, one at either end, with a Chinese vase in the sleeping-rooms there are varied and interesting weavings 



center, breaking up the middle spaces with a bowl of fresh based on the hand-looms of Puritan days. Some of the 



flowers and framed pictures. In selecting pictures for the artistic colorings in vegetable dyes are more effective than 



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Side chairs of Windsor design are desirable for a dining-room 



