AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 





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The Dining- 

 ichool. 



of the Spanish school. A vestibule opposite the entrance 

 door leads to a pergola that connects the house with the 

 casino. This is a two-story structure containing a bowling 

 alley below and a squash court above. 



The drawing-room is designed in a robust type of Louis tapestry 

 XIV. The wainscot, woodwork and cornice are of wood, lining ii 



gilded in gold leaf; the walls are covered with rose-colored 

 corded silk and the hangings are of rose damask. The ceil- 

 ing is painted with clouds in color, light in tone. The furni- 

 ture is Louis XV, and is gilded with coverings of Beauvais 

 The fireplace facings are black and gold, the 

 heavily modeled iron, and the fire-screen and 



The Library Is Finished in Oak with a Beamed Ceiling 



andirons are gilded. The hardwood floor is almost com- The magnificent great hall is the largest room in the house 



pletely covered with an immense and very beautiful Oriental and is, perhaps, twenty-five feet wide and sixty feet long, 



rug. The cornice contains a concealed lighting system for It is lighted by three great windows overlooking the principal 



the illumination of the superb collection of paintings with terrace, and is two stories in height, with an overhanging 



which the walls are crowded, and which cover practically all balcony, supported on carved brackets, entirely around it. 



the available space. The walls arc paneled to the balcony in American quartered 



The Great Hall Is a Magnifia 



The Slair Hall Of*w trom ^ Greal H 



