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Living room and Dining room
James and Fanny How House


Living room


Door leading to the entrance hall



Living room alcove. Note basket-handle arch, one of two in the room



Living room

Detail of previous photo. Note basket-handle arch, one of two in the room





Living room

Plaster corbel-supported basket-handle arch. 
Yellow-painted plaster ivy leaves ornamentation under 
cornice and on arch corbel. 
Note Fisher Price antique pull-toys





Living room

Plaster corbel supporting basket-handle arch, 
Yellow-painted plaster ivy leaves ornamentation on the corbel.





Living room

Yellow-painted plaster ivy leaves ornamentation under cornice


 


Living room

Living room fire place dating from the earlier decade. Harold Olmsted was well-known for salvaging architectural elements and reusing them in his reconstruction work





Dining room


Note French doors leading to the conservatory



Dining room

Butternut wood dining room ceiling





Dining room

Butternut wood dining room ceiling




Dining room

Butternut wood dining room ceiling






Dining room
Marble fire place




Dining room
Marble fire place spandrels

Special thanks to 2003 owners Judy and John Fisher for their assistance


Photos and their arrangement © 2003 Chuck LaChiusa
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