The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 494
oards, nailedtogether, a little stuffing and canvas, and a few yards ofshilling chintz, be made to produce nearly the same effect asone where the funiitvu-e is worth ten times as much. Thenext step is to add square pillows orcushions to all the benches, seats, orcouches, in order that any person… … 414 COUNTRY HOUSES. side of the upright back, it is called a divan; or, if broad, theback omitted, and pillows placed at one or both ends, it iscalled a couch.
Architecture, Domestic
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