American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 95
h the accent in the right place. There is considerable char-acter in the balustrading and newel posts, in tlie trim and hardware generally.The design is free from that coarse, that brutal form of construction thouglitby some to be essential to a house where good solid timber is plentiful. Hereis a… … A SCREEN DIVIDES THE LIVING FHO.M THE DINING ROOMIt must be ronienibered as an unusual house, big in idea, hospitable in intent and very spacious leaves appearing in diaper form upon the surface with a cool, gray back-ground, Iecalling the silvery bark of the white birch. It has the effect ofan old…
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