American homes and gardens (1905) (14596317007)

Identifier: americanhomr03newy (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: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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The Stately Columns in the Drawing-room Were BroughtFrom Italian Villas The Grassed Lawn and the House Before the Alteration. Contrast thisView with that of the Altered House THE exterior of the house is covered with hewn shinglesof the old-fashioned type, treated with whitewash,while the trim throughout is painted white, except the blinds,which are painted an apple-green. ontains a Copy of One of Puvis de Chavannes Paintings 228 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS October, 1906 mantel of Caen stone, and of the sixteenth-century style.It was imported from Italy and when found it rested in anold castle which is now used for a stable, and was black withsoot and stain. In the face is inscribed the following motto:Paciens Gloriabi Tur. The sideboard is an Italian pieceof the seventeenth century, with bronze heads and orna-ments; the chairs are copies from old Naples designs, andare covered with embroidered red velvet, and are orna-mented with bronze heads of Satyrs on top. Upon thewalls are some r