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house. It featured carved woodwork and doors, leaded glass windows, and a slate roof. One admirer said, "The one–time pig pen has budded, leaved and blossomed into one of the most charming abodes a vivid fancy could imagine. The woodwork of its doorways are enriched with exquisite Gothic detail, and
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artist studio where he painted. The studio was built using the wooden trusses of a ruined
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colony of painters—the leading landscape school in the United States during the early 20th–century—but was better known as a craftsman than a painter, specializing in hand–wrought iron garden furniture and fire screens. Many of his paintings were accidentally destroyed after his death.
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folding screens, lighting, and metal trays. All items were made on site by Colt or his employees. His workers also were batiks, handweavers, picture framers, and rug makers.
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its walls are festooned with vines and carvings wrought in the stone."
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Dearinger, David Bernard; Design (U.S.), National Academy of (2004).
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