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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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The
door
itself
is
noteworthy,
with
its
great
bronze
knob
set
squarely
in
the
center.
On
each
side
of
it
there
are
the
low
windows
of
the
entrance
hall,
with
window-boxes
of
evergreens.
Compare
this
orderly
arrangement
of
windows
and
entrance
door
with
the
badly
balanced
houses
of
the
old
type,
and
you
will
realize
anew
the
value
of
balance
and
proportion.
From
the
fore-court
you
enter
the
hall.
Once
within
the
hall,
the,
house
widens
magically.
Surely
this
cool
black
and
white
apartment
cannot
be
a
part
of
restless
New
York!
Have
you
ever
come
suddenly
upon
an
old
Southern
house,
and
thrilled
at
the
classic
purity
of
white
columns
in
a
black-green
forest?
This
entrance
hall
gives
you
the
same
thrill;
the
elements
of
formality,
of
tranquillity,
of
coolness,
are
so
evident.
The
walls
and
ceiling
are
a
deep,
flat
cream,
and
the
floor
is
laid
in
large
black
and
white
marble
tiles.
Exactly
opposite
you
as
you
enter,
there
is
a
wall
fountain
with
a
background
of
mirrors.
The
water
spills
over
from
the
fountain
into
ferns
and
flowers
banked
within
a
marble
curb.
The
two
wall
spaces
on
your
right
and
left
are
broken
by
graceful
niches
which
hold
old
statues.
An
oval
Chinese
rug
and
the
white
and
orange
flowers
of
the
fountain
furnish
the
necessary
color.
The
windows
flanking
the
entrance
doorway
are
hung
with
flat
curtains
of
coarse
white
linen,
with
inserts
of
old
filet
lace,
and
there
are
side
curtains
of
dead
black
silk
with
borderings
of
silver
and
gold
threads.
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