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ellow

ackgrot

The

oval most was used for the floor. stained with oil, becomes int ‘ by the contrast of a border of green tiles surrounding four medallio of Enfield mosaics of a wonderful col and design. This very new and appro-

priate treatment has great possibil

pens a large field for the use of th material

y dif- ferent treatments of the pavement of the care given to every detail of the whole. These floors may 1e reader to have received an elaboration and a quality of material out of keeping with the wall treatment, but again I find that the archi-

by these four y

One can judg

seem to

tects are right in spite of the usual practice. \When we enter a room, or stay ar fie

oint tre nearest

unless Ww a. spec

studying the architect

, grasps the furniture , a small portion of the lower Is, and a large ex When the fic ng area of hard\ irpet, we feel ieving it by plac

met tou part of the of floor an uninterc plain necessity of

here and there the rich color and pattern of Oriental rugs, This

somewhat of a makeshift, for the rugs seldom agree either in charac- ter or color with the rest of the decoration, which is thus thrown

out of balance. One can easily see age of using a pavement

d for the room. It is not

an extravagance, as mizht be ol jected, if one considers the cost ¢

sasort of sub ul treatment unable to

s, and it ty to the gener:

fine ru stantiali

rugs are

follow.

likely to e plan, it is always easy to

s shown in the picture

ete understanding «

the arrangements. The other aim is t how those pictures that give tl trv of the house and ground t is, to eliminate views taken from dis-

nt stations, or that the visit The ¢ ferent is that

sictures showing aspects

does not really perceive. f dif-

le of

a camera is quite from our field of vision ; the result phot much more than we can really see at one glance limiting the field covered by a picture, the result approximates much closely the real impression received by visitor.

many raphs show

more

It is hoped that the very com plete set given here will allow a fair study of this hillside house

It is a study well worth

given to it. I will, for in

the time ance, point

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