International studio . The Decoration of a City House. Architects, Grostenor AtterburyJulian L. Peabody, Associated SITTING ROOM ADJOINING SUN ROOMCITY RESIDENCE, MRS. E. H. HARRIMAN All the furniture in the room is of antiqueItalian pattern, covered ^^?ith rich old lighting is entirely by torcheres of carvedand gilded wood on stone bases. They standfree on the floor and convey the effect of ancientcandelabra. Mrs. Harrinaans sun room on the top floor has,besides the broad w-indows on two sides, a hugeskylight above, and all the wall spaces are linedwith mirrors and then covered w
International studio . The Decoration of a City House. Architects, Grostenor AtterburyJulian L. Peabody, Associated SITTING ROOM ADJOINING SUN ROOMCITY RESIDENCE, MRS. E. H. HARRIMAN All the furniture in the room is of antiqueItalian pattern, covered ^^?ith rich old lighting is entirely by torcheres of carvedand gilded wood on stone bases. They standfree on the floor and convey the effect of ancientcandelabra. Mrs. Harrinaans sun room on the top floor has,besides the broad w-indows on two sides, a hugeskylight above, and all the wall spaces are linedwith mirrors and then covered with a dull greenlattice in panels. The sloping ceiling is set with beams and lat-tice to simulate the overhead woodwork of apergola or garden room. Just as the li\ingroom is built around the tapestries, so the sunroom is built around its mantel. At any rate,the mantel is the chief decorative feature of thesun room, as the tapestries are of the li\-ing mantel was cast in buff terra cotta, after themodel made by Stirling Calder, sculptor. It
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