American homes and gardens (1907) (18152943445)

Title: American homes and gardens

Identifier: americanhomesga41907newy (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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The Drawing-room Is in Coral-pink and Ivory-white white of the Egyptian and Roman benches and settees. This piazza very wisely se- cures the one thing whose ab- sence is most grievous to many American homes—that is privacy. Our homes are built mostly, not to live in, but to be seen, and we are too self-conscious to enjoy the publicity we court. It is in this cloistered seclusion tea is served every afternoon, and it is at this time the real charm of the house is felt. At the extreme southeast end of the piazza, opposite the main dining-room, is the breakfast-room, where a de- lightful fountain plays amid ferns and palms. The hall and music-room also open out on this enclosed piazza. The dining-room is a wholly classic, Roman room. The walls are paneled in ivory white and gold, se- verely finished with a Greek pattern In raw sienna. At

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