May, 1918 
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Hewitt 
A LITTLE PORTFOLIO of GOOD INTERIORS 
A dignified architectural background, especially if it has behind it the tradition of the antique, 
requires perfection in the detail of everything placed in proximity to it. An example of this 
is found in the living room of the home of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt on Long Island. The 
paneling, which is Jacobean oak, was brought from an old house in Kent. The ceiling, which 
is modern, reproduces exactly the original. The furniture is all antique. The rug is a 1 6th Cen¬ 
tury Ispahan in soft green and rose. Valances are of Jacobean embroidery in vermilion and 
blue with oyster white taffeta draperies beneath 
