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House & Garden 
In the New York home of Reginald DeKoven. 
the composer, is a wooden Tyrolean gate 
placed between the entrance foyer and the 
stair hall. Door openings to receive the gate 
were designed by John Russell Pope, archi¬ 
tect of the house 
Between the entrance lobby and 
the main foyer in the New York 
apartment of Murray Guggen¬ 
heim. Esq., are gates of the 
period of Louis XIV. They are 
of black wrought iron with 
decorations in gilt, fashioned 
after designs by McKim, Mead 
<(■ White, architects. These 
illustrate the decorative value 
of interior gates—they withhold 
the view beyo7id and yet do not 
entirely obstruct it. They mark 
a division between rooms with 
less abruptness than would a 
door or portieres. They also add 
the significant sense of richness 
all hand-wrought iron gives 
A novel assemblmg of the coats 
of arms of various branches of 
the family has been made on 
the gates in the residetice of 
Stuart Dunca7i. Esq., at New¬ 
port. The ho7ise is Tudor Gothic 
and the gates are a character¬ 
istic decoration of this archi¬ 
tectural style. John Russell 
Pope ivas the architect 
In old times castles were pro¬ 
vided with Diner gates of iron 
and wood designed to withstand 
attack should the enemy pene¬ 
trate the inside walls. After 
the adoption of gunpotvdcr. and 
with it the ability to destroy 
from a distance, the efficiency 
of such a method of defense was 
ended. But as the gates pre- 
se7ited a certain decorative 
value, they loere refi7ied into 
ornamental forms. A7id that is 
the romance behind these gates 
that open into the 7nusic room 
of the residence of William 
McNair, Esq., in New York. H. 
Van Bure7i Magonigle, architect 
The gate in the residence of 
H. H. Rogers. Esq., at South¬ 
ampton. L. I., is after an Italian 
Renaissance design. It stands 
between the loggia and the up¬ 
per house terrace. Although not 
a typically medieval use, this 
serves decoratively, being sil¬ 
houetted against the light. 
Walker d- Gilette, architects 
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