The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31

dresser filled with china and pewter. the pottery
In this case being the gorgeous Mason ware Of
which MIR. Sterner once had II full dinner set.
but most of which he has parted with to friends
or clients. Close by the window to the court
yard II grandfather's clock stands. telling the
hours In its new environment with the same
canlor AMI regularity it did in the ollen days
here or in Old England.
Through small laned windows and glass
doors designed in Tudor style and furnished
with solid oak shutters one looks into the court
yard, where the soft terra Gotta coloring Of the
tapestry brick pavement appears but an en-
tension of the terra Gotta thing covering the
floor OF the dining room. The green hue Of the
oval braided grass rug covering the latter has
its complement too in the cvergreens and wis
taria decorating the courtyard.
From one corner of the dining room a
charming Elizabethan staircase ascends to the
drawing room. which is Il complement in size
to the one below. Here the Tudor style Of
architecture is more strongly emphasized In the
lovely vaulted ceiling with its early Gothic
pattern and In the low arched bay windows.
of which there are two filled with loaded cathe-
dral glass. The walls are panelled In the
simplest Of Gothic patterns and the marble
fireplace In ecclesiastical design follows the
same period.
1t is n noble room. nobly planned and exc
cutel and might well occupy II place in Il
baronial castle Of Old England rather than pro-
vide the living quarters of II thirty-two foot
city house. the moral of which is that one need
never he restricted by place or space, providing
one brings artistic feeling as well aS architec-
tural knowledge to bear ON the problem.
Between the setting and the furnishing of
the room no false note is struck. for the rare
piece Of tapestry filling the Tudor arch ut one
end Of the room, which strikes the keynote Of
color, is made use Of in upholstering the Tudor
chairs aud settees. To heighten the effect Of
the oaken panelling is the gilt on the antique
picture frames. the candlesticks and the ancient
mirrors. while bas-reliefs, statuettrs and ala
baster bowls provide just the touch Of white
necessary for contrast.
Nor is this all that the artists mind has
provided in the way Of color for this rare
medieval apartment. Here and there are great
bowls If turquoise blue glaze filed with deep
red rose petals or shallower bowls in which
pink roses float.
On the same floor in front Mr.. and Miss
Sterner have their apartments. which are fur
nished in the same degree Of taste as the rest
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the furniture Of mahogany forms an excellent
foil for the walls and ceiling of duh gold, upon
which are hung gay colorei Chinese prints In
brown and cream, Miss Sterner's apartment
Is finished in Il soft French gray background
against which painted furniture stands out
well. Little has been said Of the architects
own quarters, where all the ideas for these
architectural conceptions are born. but 1t Is
quite in keeping with the results, for III" studio
has first If all light and sunshine ON four sides.
II rare situation in New York. II is cool an.
spacious and Is possessed If all the features
necessary to provide inspiration to an archi-
tert who believes that the mission of his pro
fesSion Is to build beautifully. The time may
come. and Mr.. Stcrncr is working indefatigably
for 1t, when the personal viewpoint will he swat
lowed up in the larger conception Of art In re-
lation to architecture, and then the townsma,
who Is now blind to civic uglinrsS and archi
tectural stupidity viii see his city from n diff
ferent standpoint and will demand that house
be beautiful rs we'll aS li>ahle.