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 501
rather Flemish or Eliza-bethan than Grecian, but will notbe out of keeping with a cottageor ]>lain country house. Tlie chairs arestrongly l)raced, and not so slender as theyappear in the engraving. A plain pine sideboard, in the Grecianstyle, for a cottage, which may be made byany carpenter, and… … made in a great varietyof foniis. and are not onlythe most characteristic ofall fm-niture for the din-ing-room, but also themost useful. Under thetop may be placed draw-ers for tablecloths, nap-kins, etc., and the sidedoore may inclose shelvesand drawers for holdingplate, wines, etc., whilethe open…
Architecture, Domestic
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