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House & Garden 
(Center) Groined 
arch or vaulted ceil¬ 
ings are characteris¬ 
tic oj Gothic and 
Italian styles. They 
are fashioned from 
stone or molded 
plaster. In this house 
the Italian loggia 
ceiling is groined. 
Mellor, Meigs & 
Howe, architects 
In the English type 
of house the sup¬ 
porting roof timbers 
are often exposed. 
The space between 
the timbers is plas¬ 
tered in the same 
manner as the walls. 
The architects of 
this were Peabody, 
Wilson & Brown 
In houses of Ital¬ 
ian precedents the 
supporting floor 
beams are exposed 
and the space be¬ 
tween paneled. This 
style was adopted 
for the home of A. 
J. Thomas, architect, 
at Hartsdale, N. Y. 
A decorative coved 
ceiling has been 
created in this resi¬ 
dence, the home of 
W. J. Brainar d, 
Scarsdale, N. Y., by 
heavy moldings 
placed to form regu¬ 
lar panels. A. J. 
Bodker, architect 
Geometric patterns 
worked in plaster is 
the contemporane¬ 
ous ceiling for Jac¬ 
obean rooms. Here 
it has been used in 
the home of W. M. 
Wickes, near Balti¬ 
more, Md. Smith & 
M ay archilects 
