American homes and gardens . Stco/vn/Zoote The second floor is finished with white enamel trim andmahogany doors. This floor contains the owners suite, con-sisting of two bedrooms, dressing-room, and a bathroom, allwell provided with closets properly equipped, and two guest-rooms and bathroom. The servants bedrooms, three in number, and bath-room are also onthis floor and areover the kitchen ex-tension. The bath-rooms are furnishedwith porcelain fix-tures and exposednickel-plated plumb-ing. Messrs. Cope andStewardson, of Phil-adelphia, were thearchitects. 374 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS Decembe
American homes and gardens . Stco/vn/Zoote The second floor is finished with white enamel trim andmahogany doors. This floor contains the owners suite, con-sisting of two bedrooms, dressing-room, and a bathroom, allwell provided with closets properly equipped, and two guest-rooms and bathroom. The servants bedrooms, three in number, and bath-room are also onthis floor and areover the kitchen ex-tension. The bath-rooms are furnishedwith porcelain fix-tures and exposednickel-plated plumb-ing. Messrs. Cope andStewardson, of Phil-adelphia, were thearchitects. 374 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS December, 1906 Leather for Interior Decoration By Phebe Westcott HumphreysIllustrated by S. Walter Humphreys. CULPTURED leather, tooled leather, em-bossed and stamped and pyrographic leatherare conjuring terms for the interior decora-tions of to-day. What does it all mean—this flaunting of the magic leather whereverthere is a demand for art, oddity, antiquity,or strictly new effects in the furnishing of homes or publicinstitutions? A new state capitol building is erected, andthe seals of the state are most elaborately executed in sculp-tured leather for its mural decorations. A palace is builtfor the multi-millionaire, and its stately magnificence dazzlesone with the leather schemes displaying heraldic designswherever there can be found a possible excuse for introducingthem. Armorial bearings are most carefully and artisticallyexecuted in embossed leather for the home decorations ofMr. and Mrs. Newly Rich. A modest home is started in acountry village; even here the leather fad penetrates, and thebride numbers among her most treasured possessions thatwonderful wedding gift—a sofa cushion i
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