House and Garden 
of design. The same 
eye is interested by 
the service to which 
materials have been 
put to gain numerous 
delicacies which to 
many observers are 
but invisible marks 
of grace. The bricks, 
for example, are red, 
and they are twice as 
long as the ordinary 
bricks and half as 
high,thus lending 
themselves to the 
long and low propor¬ 
tions of the wall of 
which they form a 
part. 
The fine propor¬ 
tions of the entrance 
hall and the parlor 
denote the importance 
conceived of these 
THE ENTRANCE FROM THE TERRACE 
two apartments. Both 
are possessed of that 
spacious repose which 
comes of few but well- 
chosen furnishings 
and of leaving the 
broad wall-spaces 
nearly free from any 
interruption. These 
spaces are covered 
with brocaded silk of 
a rich old gold color, 
but rather plain de¬ 
sign, set within panels 
formed of ivory-white 
woodwork. Unim¬ 
portant doors are also 
covered with silk, and 
open “ secretly,” i. e. 
without any wood 
trim, thus leaving the 
broad silken panels 
unmarred. Exceed¬ 
ingly chaste is the 
ONE OF THE COLUMNED PIAZZAS 
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