HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, igio 
21 
The circular window ventilates a closet, the 
“eyebrow” window above lights the attic 
Leaded glass becomes wearisome unless the design is 
very simple and rectangular 
Diamond-paned windows are not pleasing 
to look through from inside the house 
spend the time used in their care on the windows, if they need it. 
Moreover, if the panes of glass are set in lead or metal muntins, 
the whole sash can be washed with the same ease as if it were all 
in one sheet. 
Then there is the question of expense. The first cost is about 
the same, but windows are liable to breakage and the upkeep of 
the muntined window is naturally lower than that of the sash 
with the single pane. Another minor point is that it is easier for 
the glazier to set a new pane of glass in wood muntins than in 
metal. 
The question of muntined windows suggests that much mooted 
one of casement sash. When windows are designed for muntins 
or leaded glass, care should be taken that the style of design con¬ 
forms to that of the house and rooms. One never tires of the 
windows divided into oblong panes by simple horizontal and ver¬ 
tical lines. The honey-comb appearance of the leaded glass 
window in the photograph shows the character of the thing to be 
carefully avoided. The saw-tooth lines are restless and fussy in 
the extreme. Diagonal lines cutting the sash into diamond¬ 
shaped panes give hardly better results, nor do interlaced curves— 
besides the resulting frames are unpleasant to look through. Care 
should be taken that leaded glass windows are tasteful and 
appropriate, both as to design and location. When properly 
used they add much to the charm and individuality of a house. 
Simple, geometric designs seem r best—frequently medallions of 
glass in bright soft colors set in the middle of a leaded sash of 
clear glass give fine results. Such medallions can be designed to 
order, while the ones imported from Germany and France show 
a wide range of subjects and are often charming. 
The most earnest enthusiast of the picturesque has to admit 
the practical advantages of the double-hung sash windows, with 
blinds or shutters on the outside, shades, curtains or portieres 
on the inside of the windows, which can be adjusted with the 
minimum of interference with any of them. On the other hand, the 
person who seeks the more beautiful arrangement of having 
casement sash swinging either inward or outward readily finds 
some advantages practical as well as all of artistic. Why do 
we need shades upon rollers if the sashes swing inward? Is there 
not some other method of concealing our private life from the gaze 
of the passerby? The writer remembers a particularly delight¬ 
ful sitting-room in a little hotel in England, with the metal case¬ 
ments swinging inward, where straight, simple curtains of deep 
brown rep hung from a brass rod which ran across just above and 
to clear the top of the casements when they were swung in. The 
ordinary arrangement of cords adjusted the curtains, and when 
the windows were desired open and the curtains drawn, they were 
easily tossed over the top of the casements and drawn together. 
These casements were of wood with metal leads and had extra cur¬ 
tains of white, tiny-figured suisse hung from the top rail of the sash. 
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One tires of nearly all sash divisions 
that are not simply rectangular 
Metal casements with lead divisions or “muntins”, 
long used in England, are now available here 
The gable window of?this Garden City 
house is a Palladian adaptation 
