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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar00newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York, Munn and Co
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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The Winding Staircase is Recessed within its Own Hall, which Opens from the Main Hall The Living-Room is Finished in Hardwood, with Burlap above the Paneled Wainscot ture of the room is also of mahogany. The china closet, off the dining-room, is fitted with dresser, drawers, cupboards and dumb-waiter complete. The kitchen, which is placed in the basement, is fitted with all the best modern conveniences; the cellar, a basement, contains also the laundry, heating apparatus, fuel-rooms and cold storage rooms. The entire second floor is trimmed with white wood, and is treated with old ivory-white paint. This floor con- tains the owner's bedroom, boudoir, and bathroom, which is private, and also two guest-rooms, bathroom and a large sewing-room. The bathrooms are fitted with tiled wain- scotings, paved floors, porcelain fixtures and exposed nickel- plated plumbing. The trunk-room and the servants' bed- rooms are placed on the third floor. Messrs. Winston & Bigelow, architects, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.
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The Dining-Room. Walls are partly Paneled, partly covered with Colonial Wall Paper with Landscape Designs

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