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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1908 



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The Walls of the Dining-room Have a Covering of Red Tapestry Up to the Plate Rack with a Hand-painted English Tapestry Frieze 



garden as a part of the building by retaining it within the 

 terrace walls. A broad roadway leads from the entrance 

 gates through the grounds with a gentle rise to the entrance 

 terrace, which is about forty feet above the ground at this 

 point. 



The entrance to the house is marked with a broad porte 

 cochere, the upper portion being supported on Colonial Doric 

 columns, which rest on rough stone foundations. Leaving 

 the veranda, the visitor enters the house through a large 

 vestibule, the walls of which are lined with Spanish leather, 

 bronzed and formed into panels with heavy iron flat-head 

 nails. The floor is red Flemish tile and the ceiling is painted 

 a dark parchment color. The woodwork is dark Flemish o-ak. 



From the vestibule one passes under the staircase into a 

 broad Colonial hall, from which opens a large living-room 

 and the dining-room. The hall contains a wide Colonial 

 staircase with deep landing and seat at the second story. 

 The woodwork of the hall is painted cream-white. The 

 large Colonial doors and the stair railing and balustrade are 

 mahogany. Opposite the stair end of the hall large case- 

 ment windows lead to the veranda. The walls are covered 

 with a heavy dark green paper on which an ornamental frieze 

 containing the family crest is painted in oil. The ceiling is 

 painted cream-white. 



The living-room is also Colonial in style, and is divided 

 by columns and pilasters to form a library end to the room. 



This end contains a large fireplace and bookcases. The fire- 

 place is paneled to the ceiling; facings and hearths are of 

 ochre mottled unglazed tile. The woodwork of this room 

 is cream-white, and the walls are covered with a light brown 

 Japanese leather paper. The Colonial furniture is in har- 

 mony with the. room, and expensive Oriental rugs adorn 

 the floor. 



From this room a large arched opening leads into the sun- 

 parlor, three sides of which are formed by casement sash to 

 the floor. On the other wall the idea of the casement win- 

 dows is cleverly carried out with mirrors, formed into small 

 panes to match the casements, which reflect the palms and 

 plants. The walls between the windows are painted to rep- 

 resent an outdoor scene. 



The dining-room contains a bracketed plate shelf and 

 white enameled woodwork. The heavy carved black oak 

 furniture in this room harmonizes well with the red tapestry 

 below the plate shelf and the hand-painted English tapestry 

 frieze. Red coloring predominates in the large Oriental 

 rug. A high grouped window, containing light tinted leaded 

 glass, forms an attractive feature over the low sideboard at 

 one end of the room. 



The billiard-room, or den, is entered from the dining- 

 room. This room is designed in the Dutch period, with high 

 oak wainscot and deep paneled jambs at the windows, which 

 contain wide seats. Secret closets are let into the wainscot on 



