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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesga41907newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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August, 1907 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 289 The walls are of rough French gray plaster, de- veloped into a vaulted ceiling with a flat center. The floor is laid with large and small red bricks. The furniture is chiefly in wicker, with green and white cushions. On one wall is let in a large tile picture of the Parting of Columbus from Ferdi- nand and Isabella, being a copy of a sixteenth cen- tury design. Plants and vines, growing in tubs and jars, add to the agreeableness of this beautiful porch. The living-room fills the entire right end of the house, and is lighted on three sides. The wood- work is white, and consists of a low wainscot, pilastered frames to the windows, and the cornice. The plain upper walls are toned a French gray, and are papered with Japanese paper. The plain ceiling is white. The window curtains are of buff linen with floral border, and are lined with white. The fireplace is wood, painted white, and lined and faced with red brick. Above the mantel is a mir- ror with an old Italian painted frame. Opposite the entrance is a triple window, the centermost of which opens onto a small porch, by which the formal garden is reached. The library is a small square room adjoining the loggia on the inner front, and is entered di- rectly from the hall. The walls are colored blue, with a narrow walnut base and cornice. The mantel is of walnut, brick faced, and the ceiling is vaulted and left white. The room is lighted by two round arched windows with nickel and brass mounts and ecru curtains. The dining-room is on the left of the hall, and opens onto the inner front. It has a floor of Mo- ravian tiles, on which is an India drugget with a zigzag border in reds. The white ceiling is very
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Low Stone Terrace Walls Are Everywhere Characteristic of the Grounds Immediately Adjacent to the House

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