The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 168
ed turn of the shoulder suggestlike softness or luxurious repose, butthe shodden foot and the movement oftraffic. In other words, the staircaseis not asleep, but wide awake to itsown importance. Of course it is allow-able to make the details a little richerthan those of the hall, but any… … 144 The Country House seemed to grasp. They frequently bump your head or blockade your furniturein the carrying out of some freak effect, but their eye to the rise and tread is generally praise-worthy. It is unfortunatethat the most \\ist-and appropriate ef-forts in the directionof stair rails…
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