American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 414
wewake up in themorning a n dchance to see theunder side ofthings in all theirreality, and findmany of the fea-t u r e s whichlooked like gran-ite or stone to be but a theme in stucco on a frame of wood and metal: Others ask: Will itlast? Doubtless many are kept from a comi30sition house by a… … nil-; WIIITF. COLRT WITH ITS CUYSTAI. FOUXTAIX This scene has, with all its modernity, an Oriental flavor and gives agood idea of the architectural detail of the many-sided India pillars 392 AMERICAN COUNTRY HOUSES OF TO-DAY Boiling down the above questions into one, it amounts to this: Have…
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