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House Garden 
H^here hospitality begins 
SARGENT 
DAY and NIGHT 
LATCHES 
Provide the needed 
security on entrance 
doors of dwellings, 
apartment houses, 
stores and offices, 
where present locks 
are not adequate. The 
handy push - button 
stop, to dead-lock the 
latch bolt or hold it 
back as desired, is an 
exclusive feature. 
B uild the home to shelter the family, 
' to delight the eye, to express your 
individuality. But never forget that 
hardware can increase its convenience 
and add to its cordiality. 
Home builders the country over find 
that Sargent Hardware does its duty 
unfailingly, for its materials are sound 
and its workmanship most careful. In 
addition, they are able to select designs 
that agree to a nicety with the architec¬ 
ture of their homes. 
Consider, for instance, the new co¬ 
lonial door handle illustrated. Used on 
the entrance door, this gracefully fluted 
handle connects with the Sargent Cyl¬ 
inder Lock—a masterpiece of security. 
And within the house, hardware is all 
in the one harmonious design, even to 
the key plate on a closet door! 
The Sargent Book of Designs will be 
very helpful to you in choosing hard¬ 
ware best suited to your home. Write 
for a copy, and select Sargent Hard¬ 
ware with your architect. 
SARGENT & COMPANY 
Hardware Manufacturers 
31 Water Street New Haven, Conn. 
Old Conveclicut chests with raised panels suggested the design for the 
cottage furniture used in the home of J. Alan Fletcher, Larchmont 
Gardens, N. Y. The low footboard of the bed gives a sense of space 
FURNISHING A COLONIAL HOME 
{Continued from page 47 ) 
The Early American Furniture is a 
definite example of a creative period. 
Lasting, because founded on inherited 
principles of design; and appropriate for 
our homes, because an expression of our 
own civilization. The fine examples of 
this furniture are now more valuable than 
the English prototypes because the num¬ 
ber of them is limited, their workmanship 
is excellent and the very simplicity of 
their form is recognized by connoisseurs 
as a point of excellence. 
The livable house is dear to the heart 
of everyone. Even the person who has 
yielded to the temptation to make his 
house a vehicle for the display of wealth 
pays his respects to the liveable house 
when art and the spirit of the individual 
have planned it. The grand house is far 
easier to achieve, but the livable house 
demands more than money. It is founded 
on personal good taste, judgment and 
understanding, and these are dependent 
upon study and often upon sacrifice. 
If we were to set ourselves the problem 
of planning a livable house that is to i 
possess quaintness, charm and imagina- : 
tion, our thoughts naturally turn to the 
cottage. But we have not built cottages 
in America. We have no true counterpart 
to the cottages of England or Normandy, 
unless it be a few such as the Salem houses 
of John Ward, The House of Seven 
Gables, and the Hathaway Cottage. 
These belong to 1640 to i6go and possess 
the quaint roof lines with projecting upper 
story, diamond paned windows and beau¬ 
tifully proportioned rooms. But even 
they are not cottages but real houses. No! 
Americans hav'e not built cottages. 
Thatched roofs and peasant dwellings are 
foreign to us for our country was not 
founded by peasants. And in planning 
(Continued on page 116 ) 
Maple or cherry 
is more appro¬ 
priate for the 
early type of low 
beds than ma¬ 
hogany 
An old fireside 
settle suggested 
the headboard 
for the bed. Note 
the butterfly bed¬ 
side table 
