House & Garde 
A corner of the 
“powder blue” 
room shows a set 
of four pro jets for 
Ibth Century Ital¬ 
ian tapestries. The 
walls are painted 
deep powder blue 
and glazed; the 
woodwork is black. 
Italian damask in 
old yellow and 
blue is used with 
Chinese yellow 
glass curtains, the 
whole forming an 
unusual scheme 
As a reaction from 
drab war times, 
Mrs. Potter has 
made her bedroom 
a place of gaiety 
and color. The 
walls are tinted 
dove gray, the 
chintz in curtains 
{rose lined) and 
on the furniture is 
an \Uh Century 
French design with 
blue predominat¬ 
ing. Center of bed 
. cover and dressing 
table hanging are 
old blue taffeta 
Hewitt 
In the entrance hall a hanging of old Italian Fillaticcio is a back¬ 
ground for two kneeling angles, attributed by Siennese artists to 
Jacopo della Quercia of Sienna. The chest on which they stand is 
old Italian. The only modern touch in the grouping are the two 
pictures which are arrangements of fruits and vegetables in old 
Italian vases done by Mrs. Potter after the manner of Della Robbia 
ROOMS tn the NEW YORK 
APARTMENT of MRS. 
FRANK HUNTER POTTER 
