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House & Garden 
A writing table is set before casement windows that open 
on the bird garden—a garden enclosed by high walls over 
which trails the wild grape, and flanked with berried 
shrubs. Midway is a bird fountain 
A REST HOUSE AND BIRD 
GARDEN ON THE ESTATE 
OF MRS. PAYNE WHITNEY, 
MANHASSET, L. I. 
J. H. PHILLIPS, Architect 
Decorations by Karl Freund 
When Mrs. Whitney asked her architect 
to design a little rest house in the woods, 
she had in mind a witch’s cottage, such 
as one sees in fairy tale books. The love¬ 
ly old oak paneled room, imported from 
England by Karl Freund, was enclosed 
with masonry walls; the lower story stuc¬ 
co; above, brick and oak half-timber 
work, taken from old barns on Long 
Island. The roof is old English slate of 
varied sizes and colors — purple, green and 
gray—laid with wide joints and raked to 
allow the moss to grow 
The room, views of which are shown here 
and opposite, has a dark oak wainscot. 
The mantel is composed of simple round 
columns supporting a cornice, and faced 
with a carved Portland stone arch. Win¬ 
dows are divisioned by straight mullions. 
The plaster ceiling is covered with medal¬ 
lions of Scriptural subjects grouped around 
a sunburst. Reddish stones, rough hewn, 
comprise the floor. Over it is laid a large 
hooked rug in a tessellated pattern. The 
room is furnished with a chosen collection 
of 16 th and \lth Century pieces 
