Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 87
crown every hill, mediaevalfurniture has some pre-eminent rights; but in this country it is exotic.If we did not build mediaeval battlemented buildings when we had theFrench and Indians to fight, we can hardly build them now. Xeverthe- 6 82 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. less, there are… … Modern Gothic Window and Curtain. in the regions of its birth and early adoption; and our climate derives agood claim to the use of the Gothic from its character of shedding heavysnows and rains, and of calling down, as it were, by its many spires andpinnacles, all the sunshine there may be; for…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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