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House & Garden 
Hewitt 
Th e 
PAINTED 
The wide, trans¬ 
lucent glass 
doors are paint¬ 
ed in gold and 
colors to har¬ 
monize with the 
walls. The walls 
are painted can¬ 
vas taken from 
an old Queen 
Anne house. Karl 
Freund, decorator 
A decorative 
glass door, made 
conspicuous b y 
its place between 
two narrow 
bookcases has a 
formal design of 
peacocks and 
flowers in gold 
and soft colors. 
It was done by 
Karl Freund 
GLASS DOOR 
KARL FREUND 
T HE interior door has its fascinat¬ 
ing history often concealed by “ar¬ 
ras” hangings. It started humbly as 
a hinged section of the wainscot, small but 
sturdy; sometimes studded with huge nails 
and fitted with cumbersome and complicated 
locks, made to be readily defended against 
the habitual intruder of the Middle Ages. 
Its purpose was to be inconspicuous, where¬ 
as the exterior doors were majestic and often 
richly carved and moulded. 
The low door passed away with armor 
and mail. 
The invention of fire arms assured, in 
the hands of public authority, a great per¬ 
sonal safety, which obviated the necessity 
of barricaded entrances, and the difficulty 
of passage through low and narrow open¬ 
ings for corpulent kings and ladies with 
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