. Houses for town or country. HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY. A TYPE OF HALL AND LIVING-ROOM curious arms without asking that they be taken downfor his examination. The hall of the Clarence Mackay house at Roslyn,Long Island, has a stair of great splendour, withparapets filled with Roman scroll-work carved in thesolid wood, pierced through and sculptured on eitherside. Such a stair, for richness and brilliancy ofeffect, is worthy of Slicking or Hatfield. There are some interesting bits of hall and passagewhich are not at all connected with the stair. Thusthe landing at the head of the stairs may b
. Houses for town or country. HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY. A TYPE OF HALL AND LIVING-ROOM curious arms without asking that they be taken downfor his examination. The hall of the Clarence Mackay house at Roslyn,Long Island, has a stair of great splendour, withparapets filled with Roman scroll-work carved in thesolid wood, pierced through and sculptured on eitherside. Such a stair, for richness and brilliancy ofeffect, is worthy of Slicking or Hatfield. There are some interesting bits of hall and passagewhich are not at all connected with the stair. Thusthe landing at the head of the stairs may be parti-tioned off to form a lobby—more enclosed and less 138 cr
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