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Identifier: americanhomesgar41907newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
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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d with each other. The reception-room is at one side of the west entrance.It has a hardwood floor with a green rug. The walls arepaneled throughout in wood painted white, with large panelsabove small ones. There is a detailed cornice and plainwhite ceiling. The mantel is of wood, the curtains of salmondamask and furniture Dutch inlaid. The billiard-room adjoins the reception-room. It, too,has a hardwood floor, with a rug of red brown, which is theprevailing color. The walls have a high oak wainscot andare covered above with a red floral paper. The mantel isof black marble. The furniture is covered with reddishbrown leather. The chandelier over the billiard-table car-ries four lights with green glass shades. The library is, in every sense, a library. Three of itswalls are entirely incased with book shelves behind glassdoors. The woodwork is very dark in color, giving a richeffect. The center of the rug is blue, with a red and blueborder. The curtains likewise are red and blue. The wall
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The Stairs Occupy a Separate Hall Adjoining the Main Hall 408 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS November, 1907

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