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 Reception-Room has Low Walls Covered with a Green Watered Silk Bordered with Pink Roses
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French Feeling is Dominant in the Parlor. The Trim is Painted White and the Panels of the Walls are Filled with Crimson PaperThe Sewing Thousand-Legged Table and the Windsor Chair are Worthy of Note July, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 27 <rive a little color in addi-tion to the gilt gas fixtures.There is a portable darkoak cabinet in one cornerof the room for r a r echina. The butlers pantry isthe connecting link be-tween the dining-roomand kitchen; it is fittedwith drawers, dressers,and closets. The kitchenis fitted with all the bestmodern conveniences, in-cluding two store pantries. The second floor con-tains a large open hall,four bedrooms, sewing-r o o m, two bathrooms.The owners room is quitethe room of the floor andhas a bed alcove, beyondwhich are two closets pro-vided with sliding doors,so as to take up the leastpossible room. The wallsare covered with whitewatered silk, draped andcaught up by pink roses.The furniture is painted a French gray with white lines and hand-pai

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