. American homes and gardens. ipped box. This house is of gray stucco with woodwork and shuttersof dark brown. The perplexing question of how to design a double, orsemi-detached house, that will have unity of design and notlook like two detached houses simply clapped together, hasbeen satisfactorily solved in the double house illustratedon page 248. This house is of gray stucco and the ex-posed woodwork has been painted buff. The treatment ofthe roof lines is wonderfully successful and holds the designof the house well together; the roof lines of the wings beingrepeated over the two covered ve
. American homes and gardens. ipped box. This house is of gray stucco with woodwork and shuttersof dark brown. The perplexing question of how to design a double, orsemi-detached house, that will have unity of design and notlook like two detached houses simply clapped together, hasbeen satisfactorily solved in the double house illustratedon page 248. This house is of gray stucco and the ex-posed woodwork has been painted buff. The treatment ofthe roof lines is wonderfully successful and holds the designof the house well together; the roof lines of the wings beingrepeated over the two covered verandas. The wrought ironbalconies, supported on iron brackets, add distinction tothe doorways and break up the monotonous front of thisdouble house successfully. The solid entrance doors, with their strap hinges ofwrought iron and the little opening near the top, are allthat an entrance door should be, for they have the appear-ance of being firm enough to keep people out as well as in. July, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS IX. Readers of American Homes and Gardens who are interested in old furniture, silver, prints,brass, miniatures, medals, paintings, textiles, glass, in fact in any field appealing to the collector areinvited to address any enquiries on such matters to the Editor of the Collectors Department, andsuch letters of enquiry will receive careful attention. Correspondents should enclose stamps for correspondents may enclose the stamps of their respective countries. B. P. C.: The pattern of the coverlet1 photograph of which you send for iden-tification), is variously designated in dif-ferent communities. According to ElizaCalvert Hall, an authority on hand-wovencoverlets, this pattern is called Musca-dine Hulls in Georgia, Double Musca-dine Hulls in Mississippi, Double BowKnot in Kentucky, and Hickory Leafin Rhode Island. These early coverlidsare of great variety and interest, and acollection of them would be well worththe attention given to assembling i
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