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The art of building a home. A collection of lectures and illustrations (1901)

Parker, Barry, Unwin, Raymond, Sir, 1863-1940 · London, New York, & Bombay, Longmans, Green & co. · leaf 88

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he machine-made£s? mechanically produced substitute for ornament,that it is well-nigh impossible for our artistic sen-sibilities to exist at all unless liberated from them.I would mention secondly complete unity andabsolute harmony between all the parts, such ascan only be obtained when a house,… … OF FURNITURE. 70 satisfactory from the point of view of comfort andpractical utility, the house and everything in thehouse must from the first be thought of and de-signed as a whole, the objection most commonlymade is that a house should reflect somewhat thecharacter, habits, and taste of those who…

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