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is of red flat tiles. All the wood portions are 
bold in shape, and are dressed only by the 
adze. Inside the details have been broadly 
designed, and they are quiet and unobtrusive. 
architects have followed the type of the farm¬ 
houses of Normandy. If from these the 
present building may be removed on account 
of its rigid aspect, it is due to an inevitable 
THE HALL 
A HOUSE AT BERNARDSVILLE 
There is an absence of trifling mouldings and 
of restless paneling. Rudely vigorous mantels 
and a wainscot of rough-hewn and unvar¬ 
nished chestnut running from floor to ceiling 
give an ingenuous simplicity to the interior. 
In the general character of the design the 
defect of newness and one that is surely to pass 
with age. Outlines becoming pliant with time, 
and tones of color softening by the weather, 
will make the house more and more akin 
to those picturesque old French farmsteads 
which have influenced its shape and form. 
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