Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 223
s great a puzzle as thehouse presents. By common consent it has usually been some elaboratefloral piece in Brussels or Wilton or Axminster, which on every true prin-ciple is an abomination to the eye; all the more so when, as it frequentlyhappens, pedestals, urns, cherubs, ribbons, busts, and… … Screen designed by Princess Helena. by the small arabesques; by the mossy mottlings, although they are notaltogether noble enough for a room of any size; by interwoven shapesthat are not exactly floral or leafy, but look as if they might have droppedout of the material when the leaves and flowers…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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