Highland Park Public Library Local Newspapers Site

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Apr 1937, p. 39

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

niture, have been imported& for the most part froni Jngland, but somie are froin the collection which Miss Reynolds made in the -south. She went to Charleston primnarily to-study the archi 1tecture of the beau- tiful old Colonial homes and gardens. and to Williamsbtirg to attend the convention of the American Institute of -Decorators and to 1ook 't furni- Charleston, the largest'city Ïin this country for approXimately 100 vears, ivas. built in Colonial' times before the ad'vent Éof> wha t Miss Reynolds ternis "the awful Victorian :period," and ifs pire type Colonial architecture lias been 'kept ini the best of repair byi tlhe wealthy Charleston. families who still occupv these homes. The houses are built close to the street. Tlîeir , oôWas~ arc, itvely. and around the property run walled gardens. The gates are exaniples. of some of the most exquisite iron work ini this country, excelled probably, onily in New Orleans garden gates. ac- cording to Miss Reynolds. The decorator also hiad an oppor- tunitv to visit the fainious Magnolia and Middleto.n gardens, the latter s *landscaped before the Revolution by .r an English arc-hitt. a n a: myie ý shiningi and free"? . . . Our arfistic men and wom~eorl Perators, trbined in everyth-ing perte in-- in obQauty, aaicildysmmends. A cti;îg as treasurer for the third annluai anitiques exhibit and sale to jbe held at thte Ivanston Womaet's Club May 11-15, fron 10 until 10 daily under auspices 01 the Chicago Rock ford College club, is miss Eve- lyu Wiéeecke of Glencoe. (The. col-. lege. biildintg fund is t/he bene fi-. Clary.) Puppet, Show to 'Be Program at Ard'en Shore Salad Bridae Our. staff operator, Dyeingi. 1912 Spepish ýCi. No Men ed inudes a spedehlzng formner Midhgean Aventg in Facials and, Eyebro% 'e w Cheek & Hime Beauty Shop Phone Wilmette 5060 lI1msburg Inn, the finest example of. Regency architecture,, anid the latest, project ini the restoration of Wil- liamsburg whicb is being carried on by the Rockefellers in a desire to save the historic beauty of ibis spot. ) ) )

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy