The doorway in Illustration 423 is from the Chase house in Annapolis, Maryland, and is in a room with several doors and windows, all with their deeply carved frames, painted white, with solid mahogany doors, and hinges and latches of silver. The heavy wooden inside shutters have large rosettes carved upon them, and the effect of all this carving is extremely rich. The Chase house was built in 1769, by Samuel Chase, afterwards a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. [Illustration: Illus. 423.—Doorway in Chase House, Annapolis.] It was sold soon after its completion, but in 1847 came back into the possession of Chase descendants, and finally, in 1888, it was left by will to found the Chase Home for Aged Women, together with furniture and china, much of which still remains there. A looking-glass from this house is shown in Illustration 374. The door latch of solid silver is of the shape of handles shown in Illustration 11, letter F. [Illustration: Illus. 424.—Entrance and Stairs, “Cliveden.”] Illustration 424 shows the noble entrance from the outer hall to the inner hall with the stairs, at “Cliveden,” in Germantown, Pennsylvania. [Illustration: Illus. 425.—Mantel in Cliveden, Germantown.] The house was built in 1761 by Chief Justice Benjamin Chew, and is now owned by Mrs. Samuel Chew. Cliveden was famous for its entertainments, and during the Revolutionary War was the scene of the Battle of Germantown, when the house was seized by the British. [Illustration: Illus. 426.—Fretwork Balustrade, Garrett House, Williamsburg.] The marks of bullets may still be seen in the wall at the right of the illustration. One of the daughters of Chief Justice Chew was the lovely Peggy Chew, who was one of the belles of the Mischianza fête, where Major André was her knight. [Illustration: Illus. 427.—Stairs, Valentine Museum, Richmond.] Cliveden had many famous guests—Washington, Lafayette, John Adams, and others, who came to Philadelphia while it was the seat of the administration. The door at the right of the stair in Illustration 240 opens into a parlor, the mantel in which is shown in Illustration 425. It is plain, but attractive for its simplicity. The balustrade in Illustration 426 is in the house of the Misses Garrett in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is in a Chinese fretwork design. There is one with the same fretwork in the Paca house in Annapolis, and probably of the same date, about 1765. The winding staircase in Illustration 427 is in the house now occupied by the Valentine Museum, in Richmond, Virginia. It was built about 1812, and was given to the city for a museum, by the Valentine family. It is a very good example of the stairway known as a “winder.” Illustration 428 shows a beautiful mantel in the residence of Barton Myers, Esq., in Norfolk, Virginia. [Illustration: Illus. 428.—Mantel in Myers House, Norfolk.]