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House & Garden 
THE WALLS of a 
This small study which is in Vernon House, 
the London residence of the Dowager Lady 
Hollingdon, owes its decorative effect almost 
entirely to the vivid coloring and design 
of its Japanese wall paper. The ground is 
duck’s egg green and the pattern of birds 
and vines is carried out in reds and greens. 
SMALL STUDY 
A cornice and low paneled wainscot frame 
the paper at the top and bottom. In the 
design of the Georgian mirror hanging over 
a carved mantel of the same period is found 
an Oriental tendency which is quite in 
keeping with its background. Sir Ambrose 
Poynter was the architect 
