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tain beyond. ‘The disposition of the other rooms is best 
indicated from this spot. On the right, beyond the stairs, 
is the library; on the same side, but farther back, is Mr. 
Clarke’s studio. On the left is the dining-room, with the 
kitchen and service rooms beyond. 
The woodwork of the hall, and, indeed, of all the prin- 
cipal rooms, is oak stained Flemish brown. The walls 
here are lined with salmon-brown burlap. The ceiling 
is beamed, with exposed panels of the same color as the 
walls. The mantel is of oak, and the fireplace has fac- 
ings and hearth of Welsh tile. A small tile shelf pro- 
jects above the opening, and is below the larger shelf, 
which is supported by carved corbels. The panel of the 
overmantel is colored like the walls, and is contained, at 
each end, within two small models of the caryitides, 
carved by Mr. Clarke for the Appellate Court House in 
New York. ‘The andirons of bronze, designed in the 
Gothic style, are also by Mr. Clarke. 
Every part of this room is endowed with charm and 
interest. The fireplace, which in many apartments is the 
single structural feature of interest, is here but one of 
many. A superb old Italian cabinet adjoins it. The 
small windows on each side of the entrance door contain 
panels of antique stained glass. The door to the studio, 
further on, has the form of the Gothic pointed arch, and 
seems strangely low and mysterious; as a matter of fact 
it is of quite ample height. 
The dining-room has a wainscot of paneled oak that 
rises nearly to the low vaulted ceiling. The window 
frames rise above the summit of the wall paneling, which 
is surmounted with a plate or vase shelf. The curtains 
Angle porch and bay window of entrance front are of thin green silk, quite bright in color. The fireplace 
has facings of Mercer tile, and the shelf is supported on 
large window on the opposite side from which it is entered, two old carved columns that formed part of the decoration of 
giving a charming view of the terraced garden and moun- an ancient Swiss chapel. The overmantel is plain. 
The house stands on a hillside at some distance from the center of Lenox 
