Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar61909newy (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, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 75
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1 he sweeping lines of the roof bring the house close to the ground not with a view of imitating, but to produce the softening effect of a thatched roof. This roof is built of shingles that are cut and laid so as to show the lines such as those which are to be found in the thatched roof in its original as con- structed of straw. The interior throughout is trimmed with chestnut, and finished with a dark grayish brown stain. The main hall, which is a central one, contains a stairway of some beauty, rising up to a broad landing. The drawing-room of large dimensions has a trim which, with its special treatment, brings out the grain of the wood in a very excellent manner. The walls are covered with wall covering in two shades of yellow with a large figure. Ori- ental rugs cover the polished floor and the draperies which are hung at the windows are of figured cretone of yellow and white. The fireplace is quite the feature of the room, for it is built of red Harvard brick with the butt ends pro- truding so as to form shadows when the bricks are laid.

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