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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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The Entrance Front and End Porch Briefly stated, the interior of the house contains a central hallway; on one side is the living-room; on the other the dining-room, kitchen and service-rooms. The whole of the second story is used for sleeping and bath rooms, while the servants' rooms and storage space are provided for in the third story. The hall runs clear through the house, from front to front. The staircase is in the center, with white-painted balusters and mahogany handrail, turned out on either side in a grace- ful curve on the first step. It mounts to the second story in a straight line, with a short right and left flight at the sum- mit before a recessed window beneath a low archway. The walls are hung with a toned green tapestry paper. The woodwork is white, and is limited to a low baseboard and the simple door frames. The ceiling is simply plastered in white. Some choice old bits of furniture, a tall-case clock, old table, antique mirror, are placed along the sides. Be- yond the stairs, beneath the archways on either side, is an inclosed space that serves as a furnished withdrawing-room, from which the porch on the south front may be directly en-
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re in the Hall The Living-room Is Finished with Natural Chestnut and Hung with Japanese Paper

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