Image from page 55 of “American homes and gardens” (1905) by Internet Archive Book Images http://flic.kr/p/tnhAw9 Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar11905newy
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
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The Wei I-Appointed Office of a New York Capitalist. Woodwork by W. & J. Sloane. THE success of the plans of the architect for interior decoration depends largely upon the intelligence and ability of the work- man to carry them out. Especially is this true of the woodwork. €]J Our superior facilities for all forms of interior decoration include a complete woodworking plant, expert designers and competent craftsmen. We prepare and set trim work, doors, mantels, etc., and make furniture to order from specially prepared designs, drawn by our own artists. Any contract entrusted to us is assured of the highest character of workmanship and the accurate execution of the architect’s specifications. ^ A special feature of our organization is the planning and designing of complete schemes of decorative treatment for interiors in any period. Correspondence invited. W. & J. SLOANE, 886 Broadway, New York
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The Difference in cost between Sargent’s Artistic Hardware and the poor stuff so often used is nothing com- pared with the great difference in the goods. Daily use does not injure good hardware, and Sargent’s Easy Spring Locks and trimmings will stand the wear and tear in the home or store, the office or shop, the school or church. The day of poor hardware for good buildings is past. Sargent’s Book of Designs, sent on request, will help you in the selection of appropriate trimmings for your building. SARGENT & COMPANY, 22S3&1h£*25; 156 Leonard Street, NEW YORK double doors arc provided. The panels should not be less than seven-eighths of an inch thick. Double doors arc necessary to prevent annoy- ance from loud talking and to exclude the odors of tobacco smoke. Keyless double bolt locks to doors should be provided.—Francis C. Moore. 3. To Cool a Room A simple way to cool a room in extremely hot weather is to dip towels in cold water, wring them well and hang them in the win- dows, first darkening the blinds.—L. H. J. 4. Door-Knobs The most satisfactory material is bronze, in what is called “ statuary finish.” This is a dark brown which never changes, except where projecting portions are polished by the hands. The bright bronze is pretty when new, but soon discolors unevenly ; and brass knobs, although fashionable, require frequent rubbing to keep them presentable. Glass knobs are clean and strong, and might with advantage be produced in a much greater variety of shapes and colors than can be found at present; but as glass must be set in metal, which will re- quire occasional attention, there is no saving of trouble in using them. Wooden knobs which were once very fashionable, and are still in use, have the disadvantage that the varnish with which they are coated becomes sticky and black with use, but they can be cleaned and revarnished in case of need. Cel- luloid is a good material, and would lend itself to the production of very beautiful ef- fects; but although colored celluloid knobs were once in limited use, the manufacture of them seems to have been abandoned.—T. M. Clarke. NEW BOOKS A Carpenters’ and Builders’ Library The New Carpenters’ and Builders’ Standard Library. By Fred T. Hodg- son. 8 vols. Brotherhood Edition De Luxe. Pp. 2,200. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. The value of books in the art of education is now so completely recognized that many handbooks have recently been produced in de- partments of art and knowledge where, but a few years since, they were quite unknown. The Carpenters’ and Builders’ Standard Library is a case in point. It is not brought forward as an attempt to supplant, in any way, the value of personal practical activity ac the bench or in the shop; but it undertakes to summarize the whole subject of carpentry and building knowledge in a way undertaken by no other publication, and includes within its scope thorough treatises on phases of these arts which are nowhere else so fully sum- marized, and which few men could obtain by many years of practical experience. Mr. Hodgson has long been known as a successful writer on the subjects treated in these volumes. His directions are concise and definite; his suggestions are helpful and timely; the field he occupies is almost wholly his own, and he combines the knowledge of the practical man with the skill of a writer in a very unusual degree. Most of these vol- umes have appeared separately and under various auspices, but they are now all brought together in a convenient uniform edition, at- tractively bound and printed, and forming not only a valuable addition to the practical work- ingman’s library, but one which no one en- gaged in the art of building can do without. The eight volumes comprise two volumes on the Practical Uses of the Steel Square;
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