Dutch Houses and Gardens 
XV are still some 
examples, all, how¬ 
ever, much restored. 
The stairs of the 
houses were generally 
open and came out 
upon the second floor 
into a long hall simi¬ 
lar to the one helow. 
Remarkably good 
examples of the 
style are to be found 
in M iddleburg, a 
famous old city of 
Zeeland, as well as 
A MODERN INTERIOR 
n 
in Haarlem, Knk- 
huisen, Alkmaar and 
Kampen 
Much of the fur¬ 
niture of these old 
houses has been 
carefully preserved. 
Antique bookcases 
and chairs, splendid 
clocks in old oak or 
walnut cases, were in 
most Dutch families 
religiously taken care 
of, and the owners’ 
pride in such pos- 
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