DOI Heft:
No. 178 (January, 1908)
DOI Artikel:Howe, Samuel: An American country house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20776#0330
An American Country House
the walls. Some of the
J. cedars are seventy feet high.
The general tone of the
living-room is grey-green;
and the ingle-nook reaches
half-way across the room.
The fire is literally on the
hearth, without recess or
H jambs to bewilder the smoke
I' n j jC from the logs burning upon
it. The dining-room is a
r^^TB study of blue and rose, its
R- . walls being covered with
* l- plain coloured canvas, re-
'■''ENI -mB' I It I * lieved only by a frieze in
HH llfl - : ..... white and silver-grey.
HHBKr-JJL jt^B^^—mm~ The house is interesting
as one of the first to be
erected since the newly
^^^™"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™^ra2SK53S^^^^B awakened sense of decency
dining room fireplace in mr. l. c. tiffany's house in country house building.
It illustrates the value of
local possibilities, and shows
colour, that we naturally turn as we enter. The that progress is not always to be made by the
fountain is a vase of clear glass standing free in adaptation of the good things from across the sea.
an octagonal tank of marble. By some S. H.
hidden means the water enters at the ^hhsh^^^h
The house stands on a foundation jl 1 •
wall of concrete, which comes up to the
height of the sill of the main windows,
and is very wide and massive. The
superstructure—of stucco on a frame of .1 ^^■^"^gSr-;—~Tig|jf*?"|yj^|
wood—sets back, leaving a wide ledge..............;;;.......^^^^^^^^^^^E
oak, sassafras, and cedar are thick in
places with the wild azalea, the mountain
laurel, the honeysuckle, the trailing
arbutu?, and the yellow violet. They
flourish. And their superb lace-like
shadows tone the rough sand finish of living room and ingle-nook in mr. l. c. tiffany's house
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the walls. Some of the
J. cedars are seventy feet high.
The general tone of the
living-room is grey-green;
and the ingle-nook reaches
half-way across the room.
The fire is literally on the
hearth, without recess or
H jambs to bewilder the smoke
I' n j jC from the logs burning upon
it. The dining-room is a
r^^TB study of blue and rose, its
R- . walls being covered with
* l- plain coloured canvas, re-
'■''ENI -mB' I It I * lieved only by a frieze in
HH llfl - : ..... white and silver-grey.
HHBKr-JJL jt^B^^—mm~ The house is interesting
as one of the first to be
erected since the newly
^^^™"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™^ra2SK53S^^^^B awakened sense of decency
dining room fireplace in mr. l. c. tiffany's house in country house building.
It illustrates the value of
local possibilities, and shows
colour, that we naturally turn as we enter. The that progress is not always to be made by the
fountain is a vase of clear glass standing free in adaptation of the good things from across the sea.
an octagonal tank of marble. By some S. H.
hidden means the water enters at the ^hhsh^^^h
The house stands on a foundation jl 1 •
wall of concrete, which comes up to the
height of the sill of the main windows,
and is very wide and massive. The
superstructure—of stucco on a frame of .1 ^^■^"^gSr-;—~Tig|jf*?"|yj^|
wood—sets back, leaving a wide ledge..............;;;.......^^^^^^^^^^^E
oak, sassafras, and cedar are thick in
places with the wild azalea, the mountain
laurel, the honeysuckle, the trailing
arbutu?, and the yellow violet. They
flourish. And their superb lace-like
shadows tone the rough sand finish of living room and ingle-nook in mr. l. c. tiffany's house
296
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