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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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lass-enclosed Piazza Used as a Sun Rc The Entrance Driveway Is Bordered with a Mass of Shrubs and Flowering Plants well molded frames. The entrance bay is curved at each end with a decorated wood pilaster whose brackets reach to the ceiling. The ceiling is decorated in the Pom- pelian style with a broad outer border of green, and a white center with pictorial medalions In the margin. The fireplace Is of wood and occupies the center of the further wall. It Is designed In a monumental style, with corner pilasters reach- ing to the ceiling. The fireplace has a facing of yellow mar- ble, and over the shelf Is an oblong mirror, built-in. An Immense white bearskin is laid on the floor. There Is a multitude of objects of interest in this room, the tops of the bookcases at every available place being crowded with brIc-a-brac of the most interesting sort. The mantel orna- ments are beautiful pieces of old glass ware. A passage floored with mosaic connects this room with the den on the entrance front and the living-room, which, as has been said, occupies the whole of the further wing of the house. In the passage is a closet with running water for arranging flowers. It Is three steps down and a splen- did and delightful apartment, quite the largest in the house and In some respects the most interesting. It is divided into three great bays by three standing columns which reach from floor to celling. At each end is a half circle window, that is, three windows In one. The woodwork is painted white. There Is a paneled wainscot around the base of the walls, which are covered with red burlap. The panels of the ceiling have a gray ground. The room is extraordi- narily brilliant In color, the rich red of the walls affording a fine background to the columns and white woodwork. Red, indeed. Is the predominating tone. The curtains are red damask and the mantel, which Is of white wood, has a fireplace with a facing of red marble. On the shelf are many beautiful pieces of old red and white glass, and many other specimens of the same ware are disposed throughout the room. It is literally crowded with Inter- esting objects of every imaginable sort. Antique bronze lamps of various designs depend from the four corners. There are old clocks, old mirrors, old engravings, a ver- itable museum of antiques, all chosen with great care and all admirably disposed. Mr. Burtln's office adjoins the living-room. Originally designed as a porch Its open sides have been enclosed, and It now forms a very useful as well as a very attractive apartment. It is somewhat shallow In dimensions and is

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