At last our walk brought us to The Gamble House front door. The first thing our "docent" (Californian speak for tour guide) told us was that we could not take any pictures inside the house. Pshaw!
These front entrance doors all have Tiffany stained glass and together form one picture entitled "The Tree of Life." From the inside it was arresting. Here's an "allowed" picture from the web:
You can see in my picture of the exterior that the side doors have screens. They were not used for entering or exiting, but simply were opened up from the inside to allow a cross breeze to blow through the whole large hallway at the end of which where similar doors that were also opened. It was early air conditioning.
"Useful and beautiful."
Neat! I like the idea of the picture spilling over to the other windows. Cf
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