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House & Garde 
silUlHill 
As a flooring for a 
country house en¬ 
trance hall, no me¬ 
dium is as satisfac¬ 
tory as a paved floor. 
This is from“Allon- 
by,” Laverock, Pa., 
the residence of 
Charles Platt, 3rd, 
Esq. J. P. Simms, 
architect 
Another type of en¬ 
trance hall has a 
pattern of small ir¬ 
regular quarries 
studded with loz¬ 
enge-shaped inserts, 
the tiles are sur¬ 
rounded by a border 
the same tone as the 
walls, giving a rug 
effect. Wilson Eyre 
y Mcllvaine, archi¬ 
tects 
The paved floor con¬ 
trasts well with the 
wood floor and also 
blends harmoniously 
with it. This is well 
illustrated by the 
short gallery above. 
It is paved with red 
quarry tiles. Ed¬ 
mund B. Gilchrist, 
architect 
A paved floor allows 
greater latitude than 
does a carpeted floor 
in the choice of 
hangings used with 
it. In the living room 
below, the dark red 
decorative tile floor 
gives a setting to the 
tapestry. Courtesy of 
George Lei and: 
Hunter 
It is a fallacy that paved floors 
are necessarily cold, cheerless 
and uncomfortable. One can 
have as many or as few rugs as 
desired, and from the house¬ 
keeper’s point of view the ar¬ 
rangement lightens work, as 
such a floor can be readily 
mopped up. Moreover, it has 
visible solidity which conveys 
a satisfying sense to the eye. 
Both these points are illustrated 
in the living room shown below. 
The floor is paved with small 
biscuit-colored quarries. A hall¬ 
way adjoining is paved with 
checkered black and white mar¬ 
ble tiles. George Howe, architect 
