ECHOES: “St. Mark's Lion” by Ernest Batchelder, lines the walkway of Robert Winter's Pasadena home.
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ECHOES: “St. Mark's Lion” by Ernest Batchelder, lines the walkway of Robert Winter's Pasadena home.

ECHOES: “St. Mark’s Lion” by Ernest Batchelder, lines the walkway of Robert Winter’s Pasadena home.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

AMBIENCE: In the living room, redwood bookshelves, and dark wood and a reproduction Stickley rocking chair lend the space its classic, calming Arts and Crafts ambience.

AMBIENCE: In the living room, redwood bookshelves, and dark wood and a reproduction Stickley rocking chair lend the space its classic, calming Arts and Crafts ambience.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

TRUE TO HIS VISION: A painting by Hanson Puthuff hangs in the living room below a Bradbury & Bradbury reproduction of a 1900 wallpaper design, “The Lion and the Dove.” Winter says Batchelder had originally imagined scenes from Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” on the walls.

TRUE TO HIS VISION: A painting by Hanson Puthuff hangs in the living room below a Bradbury & Bradbury reproduction of a 1900 wallpaper design, “The Lion and the Dove.” Winter says Batchelder had originally imagined scenes from Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” on the walls.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

HOMEY ELEGANCE: Ernest Batchelder had a timeless style, as seen in the homey elegance of the fireplace with its earthy, understated tile work.

HOMEY ELEGANCE: Ernest Batchelder had a timeless style, as seen in the homey elegance of the fireplace with its earthy, understated tile work.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

DETAIL: Original tiles remain throughout, including on a kitchen wall, where they are mixed with reproductions.

DETAIL: Original tiles remain throughout, including on a kitchen wall, where they are mixed with reproductions.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

ROBERT WINTER: Winter peers out from the door of his 1909 Pasadena home that bears the decorative marks of its original owner.

ROBERT WINTER: Winter peers out from the door of his 1909 Pasadena home that bears the decorative marks of its original owner.  (Myung J. Chun / LAT)

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