. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . 2 o UI Q X rt^ C/5 PQ 3 o O l-rl. co o CD c75 > wPu Interior Woodwork horizontal tops. These tops take the form of a cor-nice and frieze, echoing those of the room itself, withapplied medallions at regular intervals and hand-tooled vertical flutings substituted for the reedingsabove. A delicately executed urn surmounts thecentral mirror and from it hang graceful festoons ofapplied work over the glass. Molded pilasters withapplied garlands in their sunken panels serve asmullions or casings. The whole eifect is one of rarebeauty
. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . 2 o UI Q X rt^ C/5 PQ 3 o O l-rl. co o CD c75 > wPu Interior Woodwork horizontal tops. These tops take the form of a cor-nice and frieze, echoing those of the room itself, withapplied medallions at regular intervals and hand-tooled vertical flutings substituted for the reedingsabove. A delicately executed urn surmounts thecentral mirror and from it hang graceful festoons ofapplied work over the glass. Molded pilasters withapplied garlands in their sunken panels serve asmullions or casings. The whole eifect is one of rarebeauty, refined, distinctive, a tribute to Mclntiresgood taste and exceptional sense of clearly the influence of the brothersAdam upon his work, it is still no mere copy oftheir designs, but is possessed of marked individ-uality. A wealth of suggestion lies in the front doorwaywith its well-proportioned fanlight and side one sees the interior charm of the typical Colo-nial front doorway arrangement. One notices withinterest that the charming pattern in these particu
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