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IV. IRVING means more than a Trade 
Mark—it is the name of the sentimentalist 
whose long study of Colonial Art in 
wrought iron has made possible this busi¬ 
ness. 
For years Mr. Irving has devoted much 
of his time to study and travel in original 
Colonial Colonies, collecting hand made 
work from the old forges. From every 
corner of Nezv England and from the Old 
States of the South, he has slowly accu¬ 
mulated rare samples of Colonial Hard¬ 
ware, until his collection, housed here, 
comprises the largest and most interesting 
assortment of Colonial Hardware in the 
United States. 
It is the JV. IRVING collection which 
is every day the guide and pattern of our 
smiths in the faithful reproduction of 
these pieces which no machine can ever 
produce, and "which are today bringing the 
very atmosphere of the Old Days to 
modern homes. 
Furniture Umnscenbino 
the Commonplace 
Early English. French and Italian 
Furniture and Decorative Objects: 
Reproductions and Hand-wrought 
Facsimiles of Rare Old Examples 
Retailed Exclusively at These 
Galleries.well within moderate cost 
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Grand Rapids Furniture Company 
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4ir-421 MADISON AVENUE 
4tt T --49 ~' Streets - - New York City 
Formerly of West 32 - Street 
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Gillies 
The cross-axis of the perennial garden 
shows broad gravel paths broken by 
three circles, the central one enclosing 
a fountain 
WHERE ART and NATURE MEET 
O NE of the most beautiful estates 
on the Connecticut shore of Long 
Island Sound is “Valhalla”, the 
home of Mrs. Jacob Langeloth at Riv¬ 
erside, Conn. As the name suggests, it 
is indeed a spot beloved of the gods. 
The coast line is varied here, and the 
view from the front terrace of the 
house is restful and charming. The 
lawn slopes gradually down to the 
sound, where in the more distant fore¬ 
ground a rocky headland juts out into 
the water and divides the shore into 
two sheltered beaches, invitingly cool in 
summer. 
The house was begun in 1913 and 
finished in 1915. It stands today as one 
of the finest examples of pure Italian 
Renaissance architecture in this coun¬ 
try. It is built of Indiana limestone in 
simple, rectangular form, three-storied, 
with numerous long French windows 
opening on a wide veranda with a pil¬ 
lared portico in front. This in turn 
leads directly to a terrace with graveled 
paths and velvety greensward. The 
terrace is enclosed by a balustrading, 
broken at intervals by limestone vases 
of exceptional grace and beauty. The 
balustrading is repeated on the top of 
the portico and again around the roof 
of the entire building, giving an effect 
of grace and lightness. 
Standing on the portico and looking 
over the road down into the cool green 
of the tree tops below, there opens 
out before one a scene of entrancing 
beauty. A broad flight of steps leads 
down to a grassy terrace which ter¬ 
minates in a wide balustrade that over¬ 
looks a second terrace, and below lies 
the exquisite flower garden. 
The upper terrace is connected with 
the lower one on either side by a 
curved walk and the retaining wall 
forms a wide basin filled with water and 
aquatic plants, constantly kept fresh by 
water running from a wall fountain. 
The architect of the house, Mr. John 
(i Continued on page 78) 
The upper terrace is connected with the lower by 
curved walks, making easy the transition from house 
to garden proper 
