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House & Garden 
In the RESIDENCE of 
ADOLPH 
LEWISOHN 
NEW YORK CITY 
C. P. H. GILBERT, Architect 
Photographs © by Tebbs 
The breakfast room bears the 
trace of English influence. Walls 
are paneled and painted ivory 
color. The mantel is ivory marble 
with colored marble inserts. A 
Chinese rug of old blue and old 
ivory tones with the walls. Fix¬ 
tures are antiqued silver and the 
hangings old blue and silver. 
Hoffstatter was the decorator 
Despite its rich dignity, the library 
is a comfortable room. Wall cov¬ 
erings and hangings are fawn 
brown and gold. Some of the fur¬ 
niture is upholstered in fawn vel¬ 
vet and some in tapestry. The 
rug is two toned fawn. Lighting 
fixtures are hand-carved walnut 
picked out with dull gold. Hoff¬ 
statter decorated the room 
