Half Pudding Half Sauce

"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings

Saturday, February 1, 2025

THE ROOM OF THE MONTH - The gallery in the William R. Coe residence at Oyster Bay, Long Island

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  CHARLES OF LONDON, Decorators WALKER & GILLETTE, ARCHITECTS PHOTOGRAPH BY M. E. HEWITT Tudor magnificence tinctured with modern comfor...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

This month’s winner of the award for “Room of the Month"

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  Samuel H. Gottscho, Photographer  This month’s winner of the award for “Room of the month" is a hall of stately baronial type in the ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

THE TOPPER'S CHRISTMAS DREAM - PLEASURE ISLAND or the BOOTLEGGERS PARADISE

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  A humorous map on the theme of alcoholic beverages.    Mere Man's idea of Paradise is at best a shadowy, ethereal thing. The Indian ha...
Sunday, December 1, 2024

The Room of the Month JOHN RUSSELL POPE Architect

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The great stair hall in the Marshall Field house carries on the  tradition of the magnificent Georgian houses of England. The walls of the t...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

A BREATH OF THE RIVIERA - The Estate of Walter P. Chrysler, Esq., at Great Neck, N.Y.

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A BREATH OF THE RIVIERA The Estate of Walter P. Chrysler, Esq., at Great Neck,  brings a Touch of the Enchanting Mediterranean to Long Islan...
Saturday, November 23, 2024

Harrison and Mona Williams at home in Palm Beach

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  Illustration by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, February 15, 1937     Harrison and Mon a Williams at home in Palm Beach, “against a Chinese wallpape...
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Friday, November 22, 2024

THE RESIDENCE OF ADDISON MIZNER, ESQ. AT PALM BEACH, FLA

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VILLA MIZNER The interior of the entrance loggia, showing the arched openings to the patio and, at the rear, the door into the drawing room....
Thursday, November 21, 2024

COUNTRY CHARM in a City Home - Apartment of Archibald Brown, Esq., in River House, New York

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  Living room in the apartment of Archibald Brown, Esq., in River House, New York PAINTING BY J. FLOYD YEWELL    While actually in the city,...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

House of Mr. Charles Pratt, Glen Cove, Long Island Peabody, Wilson & Brown, New York, Architects

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House of Mr. Charles Pratt, Glen Cove, Long Island Peabody, Wilson & Brown, New York, Architects     ***Off Forest Avenue a long tree li...
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