. American homes and gardens. are to be seen from the windows lead to the piazza which goes around oneend of the house and is used as an out-of-door living-room. To the right of the entrance-hall is a formal reception-room, or parlor, done after the manner of the BrothersAdam. The color scheme here is a beautiful sunny yellow,and the panels of the walls and hangings are of a heavydamask of this same color, showing an urn motif in thedesign which is so characterestic of the Adam period ofdecoration. A yellow color scheme for this room was agood choice, as it gets ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
. American homes and gardens. are to be seen from the windows lead to the piazza which goes around oneend of the house and is used as an out-of-door living-room. To the right of the entrance-hall is a formal reception-room, or parlor, done after the manner of the BrothersAdam. The color scheme here is a beautiful sunny yellow,and the panels of the walls and hangings are of a heavydamask of this same color, showing an urn motif in thedesign which is so characterestic of the Adam period ofdecoration. A yellow color scheme for this room was agood choice, as it gets ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^—most of its light fromthe north. Althoughthere is no Adam de-tail in the woodwork,the old woodtrim hav-ing been retained andpainted cream-white,a very good Adameffect has been ob-tained. The furniture isafter original Adammodels, made of satin-wood, having the seatsand backs of thechairs caned, anddecorated with paintedgarlands, festoons,wreaths and medal-lions such as AngelicaKauffmann and Cipri-ani painted on satin-. Tapestry in the entrance-halls A bed-chamber wood furniture. The sidelights are of gilt bronze andrepeat in their design the urn motif found in other parts ofthe decorations. The dining-room is reached through the the other apartments on this floor, the dining-roomhas been paneled and in some of the wall-spaces old paint-ings have been inserted showing figures of men and boysengaged in pastoral pursuits. The woodwork and wallshave been painted gray and white; the white being used onthe moldings around the panels. This dining-room is cooland quiet, admirably suited to its purpose, and the prevailingcolor is a beautiful soft green. A plain, sage-green carpetrug is on the floor, and the straight hangings and valances,at the windows and doors, are of apple-green damask. Thefurniture is of cream-white painted wood, and the flutedlegs of the table and chairs reflect the classic columns whichare incorporated in the design of the mantelpiece. In
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