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The graceful willow is abundantly used 
movable cushions of green. A superb marble table stands 
in the center, and behind it is a fountain rising from a pool 
let into the floor. The palms and ferns which are banked 
on either side of it add greatly to its effectiveness. “There are 
numerous reproductions of Pompeiian bronzes, and Pom- 
peiian designs and motifs have been used wherever possible. 
The entrance-drive with porch and tea-house 
AMERICAN HOMES 
AND GARDENS September, 1909 
The library is on the left of the hall. Its walls are 
lined with red silk damask. ‘The woodwork, which is 
confined to a low wainscot, the frames of the doors and 
windows, and the broad cornice, is Circassian walnut. 
This wood is also used for the mantel, the space above 
which is filled with a magnificent matched panel of the 
same beautiful wood. The mantel has facings of gray- 
ish marble and green and brass andirons. Just before it 
are two benches or seats, one on each side, which form 
a little space like an inglenook, and contains a tea-table, 
cosily placed for agreeable intercourse. ‘There is a vast 
red rug on the hardwood floor, the furniture covering 
is red leather, and the windows have thin white curtains. 
On the left of the hall is the music-room, which 
faces the entrance front. It is an oval apartment, very 
delicately designed and furnished. The walls are of 
light yellow, with a low wood wainscot painted white, 
and a painted festooned design, which includes small 
figured medallions. ‘The mantel is of carved wood with 
a painting included in the decoration of the room above 
it. The curtains are sage green, with lambrequins, all 
with white borders. The hardwood floor has a green 
rug, and in the center of the ceiling, which otherwise is 
perfectly plain, is a rich decoration in low relief. ‘The 
furniture is mahogany and gilt cane. A finely embroid- 
ered cope hangs over the back of the upright piano. 
Behind this room, on the inner side of the house, but 
entered from the main hall, is the dining-room. This 
is a somewhat long room of very agreeable dimensions 
The walls are in stripes of two shades of green. The 
wood is mahogany and is used in the low wainscot, the 
door and window frames, the broad cornice and the 
mantel and its over-panel. There are white curtains at 
the windows, and the room is, therefore, quite brilliant in its 
effect. The floor is covered with a great green rug in two 
shades. The ceiling is tinted a light buff, and from the cen- 
ter depends a wrought-iron lamp. The mantel has facings 
The furniture 
of reddish marble and large brass andirons. 
is antique, with green coverings. 
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