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House 
Garden 
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Ivory colored designs raised from a 
background of deep gold decorate the 
writing desk door at the right. The 
complete desk is shown in the 
lower corner of the opposite page 
Old Persian bronze 
door panels have 
been used in mak¬ 
ing up the screen 
above. They are 
set in a frame done 
in raised green and 
gold lacquer, which 
harmonizes admira¬ 
bly with the bronze 
Reproductions of Persian work can 
now be had in this country. The 
music cabinet below shows a garden 
scene in antiqued blues, yellows and 
reds, on a finely crackled surface 
Black lacquer is the 
finish of the linen 
chest in the center. 
The panels are in 
raised designs of 
greens, lavenders 
and whites on a 
gold b a c k g round 
The examples at 
the left are repre¬ 
sentative of the cur- 
ious mingling of 
Egyptian, Assyrian 
and Grecian in¬ 
fluences which char¬ 
acterizes Persian art 
