40 
House & Garden 
The views on these 
two pages are from 
the New York home 
of Mrs. R. M. Little¬ 
john, of which Maude 
Sterner was decorator. 
The living room walls 
are covered with gold 
tea chest paper, the 
woodwork being 
glazed to match. The 
coloring is taken from 
the 17 th Century lac¬ 
quer desk 
Brocade curtains of a 
Chinese Chippendale 
design in tawny 
brown and made up 
with heavy valances 
hang at the windows. 
On some of the furni¬ 
ture, which is 18 th 
Century English, the 
coverings are rare 
needlework, on others 
Chinese brocade has 
been used. The man¬ 
tel is antique 
