November, i Q 2 j 
65 
The wrought iron balcony gives the one 
necessary finishing touch to a front of 
chaste and satisfying composition in 
this house, La Lanterne, at Versailles 
At ’Times 
Saving Grace 
Just as a sense of hh»,,r 
saves many a difficult situa¬ 
tion so a balcony saves many 
a faqade. In the old Read 
House at New Castle, Del., 
for example, the note of 
lightness in the balcony 
mitigates the austere dignity 
of the arch doorway below it 
Balconies became a vogue 
over a hundred years ago in 
England and even cottages 
sported them. The little 
square wrought iron bal¬ 
conies on this house at 
Hampstead supply the only 
note of frank ornament to 
the severely plain stucco front 
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