American homes and gardens . An Adaptation of Poussins Painting, Representing a Group of Shepherds and Their Flocks, is the Decoration Above the Fireplace in the Living-Room. A Four-Poster, with its Quaintly Shaped Tester and its Antique Quilt, is the Interesting Feature of the Guest-Room September, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 165 The walls of the room are covered with burlap stained adull, clear red color, relieved with a broad stripe. The halladjoining has a similar striped burlap, but in a clear, goldenyellow. The finish in the hall and in the living-room both iswhite-enameled paint. Th
American homes and gardens . An Adaptation of Poussins Painting, Representing a Group of Shepherds and Their Flocks, is the Decoration Above the Fireplace in the Living-Room. A Four-Poster, with its Quaintly Shaped Tester and its Antique Quilt, is the Interesting Feature of the Guest-Room September, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 165 The walls of the room are covered with burlap stained adull, clear red color, relieved with a broad stripe. The halladjoining has a similar striped burlap, but in a clear, goldenyellow. The finish in the hall and in the living-room both iswhite-enameled paint. The hall likewise has a neat fireplacein the corner near the entrance. The fireplace itself is built ofconcrete, in which are set some small boulders taken from aneighboring hill. In the hearth are set three rounded,polished brass disks, and around the edge of the hearth, con-tinuing up the sides and across the fireplace, is a narrow,quivering band of clear glass mosaic. cases, in which are stored rare volumes of the worlds classics,the poets, the histories, and, in fact, a collection of bookssuch as is rarely found in a country home. The cases areall stained a very dar
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