The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 410
ftenfor the causes before mentioned. Another reason is that stone and marljlebear the same relation to building that silks and other fine fabrics bear toour clothing. They are. so to say. articles of luxury, and their selectiondepends more on the taste and requirements of the designer than on… … Door to the Baptistry, Pi: our home products, and wlio specify easlcrn materials l)y rcasou of theirprevious satisfactory ex]jerieuce with tiiem. There is no cause to doubt,however, that when these men learn of the ecpial merit of a local productthat they will avail themselves of the opijortunity…
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