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House & Garden 
The mantel in the 
dining room is one 
of the most lovely 
in the house. It is in 
three - colored mar¬ 
bles, black, brown 
and white, and is 
late Adam in de¬ 
sign. The old blue 
Nankin china, which 
echoes the blues in 
the rug, was brought 
from China with 
many other things 
in the house in the 
latter part of the 
18i/z Century, in the 
romantic days of the 
East India trade. 
The furniture is of 
equally distinctive 
heritage and in¬ 
herent interest 
The ‘'Bay of Naples” 
landscape paper cov¬ 
ers the walls of one 
of the smaller and 
characteristically 
Bostonian rooms. 
All good Bostonians 
boast at least one 
ancestor engaged in 
the adventurous en¬ 
terprise of the East 
India trade, which 
included Italy as 
well, and their 
houses are filled with 
interesting bits 
brought from the 
Old World. Crim¬ 
son hangings and 
carpets combine well 
with the soft gray 
tones which appear 
in the paper 
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