rth andsouth ends are arches designed by Irving and con-structed when he remodeled the house in 1837 (Figs.1, 2). The striped green and white wallpaper in thealcove to the south is documented in a letter from Irvingto his friend the painter George Harvey, dated Novem-ber 23, 1835. Irving sketches… … Fig. 3. Plate from Downings Countri/ Houses (NewYork, 18.51) showing a set of painted bedroom furniture. entire room are painted an ivory white while the ceilingis painted in a lightened tint of the green used on thewalls. According to W. Mullingar Higgins The HousePainter (London, 1841), this…
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