Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar11905newy (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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"Kingdor"—The Staircase with shingles. The beams and trimmings are of cypress fin- ished with a treatment of brown stain, very soft and dull in tone. The shinglework is stained a lighter shade. The roof is covered with shingles left to finish a natural silvery gray color, which sparkle most brilliantly in the sunlight. The piazza, at the side of the house, is enclosed with glass in the winter, and forms a sun-parlor. The interior throughout is trimmed with gulf cypress and is finished in its natural color. It is protected with a wax- finish which reveals the greater beauty of its grain. The hall has a large vestibule with a paneled seat. The remaining space at the side of the vestibule is taken up with a coat closet. There is a beamed ceiling and a staircase of good design, which is lighted by a cluster of small leaded glass windows on the main landing. The drawing-room is treated in an unique manner. It has a wainscoting, formed of cypress battens placed perpen- dicularly, to the height of four feet, and then finished with a (date rack. These battens, placed as they are, form panels, which are plastered in a rough manner and tinted in har- mony with the color scheme. The ceiling is finished with a wooden cornice. This room has an open fireplace built of pressed brick and terra cotta, with an ornamental mantel of similar brick and terra cotta. Bookcases are built in at one side of the room. The library opens into the conserva- tory, and it is furnished with a similar wainscoting and fire- place as the drawing-room. The dining-room, to the left of the entrance, is furnished with a paneled wainscoting, wooden cornice and plate rack. An open fireplace is built, with brick facings and hearth, and is fitted with a mantel of cypress treated in the Swiss Gothic style. The wall space ,above the plate rack is covered with paper in tapestry effects. The butler's closet is well fitted, and has a sink, dresser, closets, etc. The kitchen has a large

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