House & Garden 
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from the initiative of John Ruskin, is 
probably as fine in technical qualities as it 
could be, its decoration of cut work being 
exquisitely rendered. 
Speaking generally, there is abundant evi¬ 
dence all through the exhibition of the abil¬ 
ity of craftsmen to invent and to execute, 
but there are so many things which have no 
real reason for existence. They are triumphs 
in technical and artistic skill merely. A. 
panel, for instance, framed and glazed, repre¬ 
senting St. George and the Dragon, is a 
tour-de-force in the dexterous combination of 
two such apparently antagonistic materials 
as gesso and mother-of-pearl. But it is to 
all intents and purposes a picture. It has 
no real use. Many such panels hang on the 
walls. They are monuments to the untiring 
labor and skill of the workers, but that is 
all. “ Produce, produce; be it the infinitesi- 
mallest product, produce,” cried Carlyle; 
but the command surely referred to things 
of usefulness, as he would say, and not things 
of beauty merely. 
A COTTAGE AND GARDEN 
AT EAST HAMPTON, L. I. 
Designed by Grosvenor 
H ERE is a comfortable, unobtrusive cot¬ 
tage of a style but little removed from that 
in which our forefathers were wont to build. 
It is small without and large within,—a 
qualification which all house owners appre¬ 
ciate. This has been gained by making the 
plan compact. Indeed the skilful way in 
which the porches have been gathered under 
the main roof of the house is the most 
characteristic feature of the design, and it 
Atterbmy , Architect 
has meant economy of construction. The 
omission of a third story has permitted all 
the rooms to be placed upon two floors and 
has prevented the exterior from towering into 
the form of a cube,—the usual fault of houses 
of this size. The kitchen and servants’ 
rooms are as well separated from the remainder 
of the house as can possibly be gained without 
the use of wings. Had this separation not 
been desired, the opportunity was at hand to 
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COTTAQE ArtD QARDE/1 
f OR VILLAGE PLOT TOR 
MRS A/1D MISS RICHARDS 
•AT EAST HAMPTOAI L.J. 
QRpSVEflOR ATTERBURY ARCHITECT 
DRAWrt ESY AWtr GjRA/HT 
THE ARCHITECT’S SCHEME FOR THE COTTAGE AND GARDEN 
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