Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 198
sfactorily in our own potteries—for the sug-gestions of the room need not be altogether those of eating and drinking,since it is a place for an after-dinner chat as well, or a nap as one stretches THE DINING-ROOM. 193 ones legs before the fire; and a pleasant dining-room invites many a pleas-ant… … Modem Gothic Diuiug-room. The next item of importance is the floor; and if one is a convert tothe square carpet with its border of bare floor or parquetry nowhere else,yet love of cleanliness will be very apt to influence one to such choice inthe dining-room. A handsome floor well laid is decidedly…
Furniture · Interior decoration
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.