American homes and gardens (1910) (18153471902)

Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar71910newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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One of the gardens of Boston, who were the architects, have achieved a very remarkable success in this dwelling. The task of cre- a t i n g a notable country home in a quiet and dignified manner is by no means so easy as may be supposed. A splendor in ar- chitectural enrich- ment is too often imagined as essen- tial to handsome building, and the delight one may take in splendid rooms often finds expression in orna- mental exteriors of quite unnecessary embellishment. It will presently be seen that this house contains some notable rooms of quite unusual grandeur; but there is scarce a hint of this with- out, and certainly none at all in this quiet and sober entrance
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The entrance gate and the court in front of the house