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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (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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February, 1908 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 47
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The walls on the stairs are completely paneled in wood, and above is a corridor or passage, with rooms opening on either side, while at the further end connection is made with the kitchen and service rooms. The first room on the left is the living-room or library. It has a hardwood floor with an Oriental rug. The walls are covered with green damask. The plain ceiling is white. One whole side constitutes an inglenook. In the center is the fireplace, let into a piece of yellow marble, which fills the whole of the lower wall. Above is a hooded mantel shelf. At each end are built-in seats, and on either side of the mantel is a small niche-like window, each finished with a very complete but mimic equipment of lights and curtains. On each The Lily Pond Lies in a Deep Ravine Where It is Shaded with Forest Trees, and the Neighboring Lands Are Beautifully Planted with Gay Flowers ,,/Vj J'

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