HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1911 
303 
A combination of restful and quieting green has been used for the color in the library upstairs, which is furnished with a collection of objects 
gathered from all corners of the globe 
ing twelve people. Candles are the only artificial light used in 
the room. 
In the entrance hall the space under the main stairs is used 
for coat closets and telephone. 
A suggestion of English motive is given to the studio by the 
leaded casements and the wooden ceiling with its pendentives, 
which, however, wander from their “period” in being colored in 
dull greens, reds and 
gold. Still farther 
wanders the furniture, 
which starts properly 
with an English oak 
chest and the carved 
columns of the mantel; 
continues with a Span¬ 
ish leather screen, some 
Italian chairs and can¬ 
dlesticks, an Egyptian 
lamp ; and then pro¬ 
ceeds to the Orient 
with Russian silver 
icons, Indian and Bur¬ 
mese Buddhas, some 
Chinese porcelain, 
Korean candlesticks, 
and a Japanese altar ta¬ 
ble, bronzes, and tem¬ 
ple hangings. All this 
on a background of 
black, and gold Japan¬ 
ese burlap, and lighted 
at night by four hang¬ 
ing lanterns and a few 
casual lamps and can¬ 
dles. Home industries 
are recognized in the 
green linoleum on the 
floor, which has been 
stained dark brown and 
then waxed. A very 
catholic collection in¬ 
deed. but quite pleas¬ 
ing in its harmonious tones of browns, tans and dull reds, with 
an occasional interesting spot of color. 
A combination of restful and quieting greens has been used 
for the color in the library above, which contains another het¬ 
erogeneous collection of objects acquired in various trips around 
the world, including a Korean chest used on its native heath for 
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Although there is a heterogeneous collection of various styled furniture, the whole is rendered harmonious by the use 
of kindred tones of browns, tans and dull reds 
