Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-07
TRUE COLONIAL SPIRIT AND TYPE
REVEALED In STAR MODEL HOME
Rooms Finished in Mahogany, Maple and Cherry
Contain Furniture Copied From Early Originals
in Metropolitan Museum.

The chest of drawers with its sim
pie line- is the outgrOwth Of the IA
NOUS old pine chests common in the
Pilgrim days.
In the ma hogany bedroom is found
furniture which is the modern adapta
ton of the eighteenth century Amer
lean Colonial furniture. Here we find
the four-poster bed nicely carved,
chest of drawers in figured Cuban
mahogany. a modern adaptation or q
Duncan Phyfe dressing table with
hanging mirror. Il night table with
spoon feet and drop leaves, and "A
side chair. the modern Interpretation
of the Alden chair. covered with
bright chintz.
Home Has Ballroom.
The third floor has been converted
into a ballroom, because of it's adapta
bilty for that purpose. Here we find
used ladder back chairs. four-back
type. with side chairs to match, and
here again Is used the middle New
England butterfly table. There Is
also q quaint maple settee with side
and armchair TO match. which bear
decided Adam period influence. These
are finished in soft tone Of maple
with a small flower decoration. The
an adequate floor space for dancing.
hut at the same time offer A most
inviting retreat after that pleasure.
All the necessary study has been
done in planning this model home.
For over 20 years popular attention
has been absorbed with American
antiques. Architecture. escaping late
in the past century from a Victorian
Egypt. found itself delivered into an
| era of revival of old forms and set
tings from the Georgian period. The
mine of old furniture was discovered,
the charm of Colonial life was vision
! ed and America awoke to its ira
ditionS.
| Adaptable to This Era.
| Studies have led the homebuilder to
/ fashion for present use the type OF
! house that is called Colonial 1t
| is significant not only because il is
! traditional. hut especially because it
i adapts itself so we'll IN modern re-
! uuirementS This is true IF all of the
| type taken from various localities and
/ periods and nowhere more So than In
/ the type of house which is derived
| from the brick dwellings of the early
| eighteenth century. These are found
more in the South and in Pennsyl-
{
| in the New England States, where
| lumber was more plentiful and clay
| for bricks was seldom found.
t The characteristic appearance OF
| such house depends upon it's mass
! of color rather than upon details In
! troduced for the sake OF ornament.
| The brickwork is important. as 10
! color. size and jointing. Simple arches
/ over the windows are more common
| than the level Intel. The brick as
used today is sand finish and is used
! in a variety of shades of red and
/ brown with fine mortar of a some
what creamy or pale yellow color.
/ Flemish bond is desirable rather than
the modern American or plumb
! bond And on gable ends and Chin
news there Is a nsiderahle freedom
in the use of slopes, washes, mold
inCs and horizontal bands. The hori-
zontai hand or water table at the
second floor was derived originally
from the need for the bearing inside
for the ioists with the result that the
courses of the brick at this point
project slightly on the exterior face
of the wall.
Steep roofs are characteristic and
are as useful today for living and stOr-
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