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THE ARCHITECTURAL BOOKCASE 
It is becoming more and more the cus¬ 
tom, in homes of good taste, to treat 
bookshelves as an architectural feature, 
and, by letting the shelves into the wall, 
make them form part of the architec¬ 
tural background of the room. The 
wood used in this library is butternut 
in a warm, rich brown. A chair uphol¬ 
stered in a brilliant Eitglish chintz gives 
color variety to the ensemble. From 
the Neiv York residence of F. F. Palmer, 
Esq. Delano & Aldrich, architects 
