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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April, 1908 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 141 portraits complete the ornaments of the hall. The portrait over the staircase is that of Moses Y. Beach, the founder of the New York Sun, and the grandfather of the present owner. The columns and archway between the drawing-room and library are very effective. The library has an old Franklin stove with brass trimmings built in the fireplace and resting on a red-tiled hearth. Facings of similar tile are provided, harmonizing well with the Lake Coma marble mantel. An old banjo clock, a Queen Anne mirror hung over the antique tea table, an Empire bookcase and chairs, form a happy and harmonious furnishing for the room. inclosed with glass doors in small lights. The radiator for this room is also a plate warmer, which is a great convenience for a pantry, specially where the kitchen is on another floor. A staircase leads down into the butler's pantry on the level with the kitchen, which is also fitted up with a dresser and ice-box. A laundry off the kitchen is fitted with porcelain tubs. There are plenty of closets and dressers provided in all the service part of the house. The second floor of the old house contained a hall room at the rear and a bathroom where the stairs to the third story now ascend. The bathroom was removed to the third floor for the use of the servants, and a staircase, the same as the
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The Archway Beneath the Double Stairway, with the Bay Window Beyond The sun-room has the same wooden cornice as the library, and, together with the trim, is painted ivory white, while the wall space is painted an ivy green. This room is in- closed with glass, and is furnished with green willow fur- niture and upholstery of turkey red, and a rug of two- tone red. The dining-room is a very handsome apartment. It is fur- nished with mahogany. The sideboard, china-cabinet, table and chairs are of the Sheraton style, except that the table has a pillar, instead of the corner legs of a true Sheraton dining-table, which is in good taste, but it might be noted that Sheraton never designed a pillar table. The butler's pantry is conveniently placed, and contains a butler's sink, dresser, with drawers below and shelves above, main stairs, was continued to the third floor. The rear hall bedroom, being twelve by twelve feet, and containing two large windows, formed an excellent position for the bath- room. Ample space was taken off this room for a linen closet. The bathroom was wainscoted in white enameled tile and finished with a blue and white egg and dart molded cap. The fixtures are of porcelain, and the Roman bathtub is supplied with a shower and needle bath equipment. Over the Roman lavatory is placed a medicine closet with a beveled plate mirror, and with electric fixtures at each side. All the hard- ware trimmings for the bathroom are nickelplated. The front hall room has a wall decoration in warm gray stripped wall covering, with a frieze of baskets of pink roses (Continued on Page ijj)

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