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House & Garden 
Coutant 
W kite balusters 
: o mb in e d with 
dark rails, newel 
posts and treads 
offer a pleasing 
contrast in color. 
The grouping on 
the bottom step 
especially ill u s - 
tratcsthis. Howard 
Chapman was the 
architect 
The decorative value ol 
slender lines in silhouette 
is well evidenced in the 
balusters of the Ewing 
residence in St. Louis. 
Guy Study, architect 
BALUSTRADES 
in 
SILHOUETTE 
Some Suggestions for 
Contrast of Line and 
Color 
Intrinsic interest 
and contrast of 
color and line with 
the simplicity of 
the wall treatment 
distinguish the bal¬ 
ustrade at the left. 
It is in the resi¬ 
dence of George H 
Macy, Esq., West 
Orange, N. J. In 
the center of the 
page is another 
view of the balus¬ 
ter gr o u pin g. 
Laurence Peck, 
architect 
Gillies 
In the residence of 
Lester Hopheimer, 
Esq., at W o o d - 
mere, L. I., con¬ 
sideration has been 
given to the sil¬ 
houette value se¬ 
cured by the strong 
light on newel post 
and rail. B. E. 
Stern, architect 
Whitman 
