Beautiful homes : or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York : Henry T. Williams, Publisher · leaf 31
quickly rid of), intotasteful alcoves, which not only afford a far more convenient receptacle for thevarious articles named, but offer a beautiful position for the bracket, on whicha statuette may stand, unless a statue of large size (from four to seven feet inheight), is to be accommodated; where… … Fie. 8. BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 29 etc., have a panel (fitting across the corner) more or less wide, according to thesize of hall, from the center of which saw an arched opening, as shown in Fig.9. In a large hall the space thus enclosed may be of considerable size, thehyphothenuse of the triangle be four…
Decoration and ornament
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