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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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