December, 1918 
31 
Gillies 
A LITTLE PORTFOLIO 
It’s a picture from out of the past, this great hall. 
Christmas breakfast over, the family, friends and in¬ 
numerable servants crowd in to sing Yuletide catches 
and greet the day before the blazing hearth. In En¬ 
gland? Yes, once on a time. Today the hall stands 
in the residence of Allan Lehman, Esq., at Tarrytown, 
N. Y., one of those homes we owe to our ally Britain, 
for the woodwork and paneling in this great hall 
were taken from an old English house. The stone 
OF GOOD INTERIORS 
chimney piece dates from 1650. About it is a minstrel 
gallery and above that the open timbers of the ceil¬ 
ing. An embroidered cope suspended from the gallery 
rail lends a touch of color to the sombre wood. The 
furniture is original of the period. Especial interest 
is found in the screen shown to the left which is 
made up of old paneling removed from Haddon Hall. 
John Russell Pope was the architect, and the deco¬ 
rators were Schmitt Brothers 
