The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 95
to decorate it. The wood-work is almost en-tirely of white-pine, to which effect has been given by varietyof stain (in no case obscuring the grain of wood), by bits of THE LIBRAE, Y OF DONALD G. MITCHELL. 79 tile, and by sparse use of paper-hanging. If I had not somany windows, I should have given… … THE LIBRARY OF DR. THEO. F. BRECK, AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. IIS room is some eighteen by twenty-two feetin size. Entering from the hall, the eye at oncefalls upon a stately mantel-piece, the woodof which is ash of a dark antique color. Ineach of the pilasters is an art-tile, painted inEngland, stork…
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