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House & Garden 
The entrance hall in the New York home of Jerome 
Lewine is furnished with dignity suitable for such a 
room. The walls are paneled and painted a soft stone 
color. A baseboard in black and gold marble en¬ 
circles the bottom of the room and is continued up 
the stairs. A console of marble and wrought iron, 
iron chairs and a mirror framed in wrought iron are 
decorative notes in this end of the hall which find 
repetition in the wrought balustrade of the stairs 
Very dark Oriental rugs cover the floor in this hallway. 
At the windows and on the door has been used an 
Italian red damask. This rich color is repeated in 
the Italian red velvet of the stair rail. A carved stone 
mantel lends dignity to one side of the room. An old 
Spanish desk and chairs in gros-point are other 
features that help create the air of dignified hospitality 
which is a desirable expression for an entrance 
hallway. Airs. Stembridge Smith was the decorator 
