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 176
d hob-nob with the familycat. This is roughon the man. It isalways better thatthe sitting room andthe parlour shouldbe connected by anarch, across whichhangings can beused, than that oneshould relax into thedark, damp, ill-smelling parlour ofyouthful memory.The double slidingdoor can and should DC… … 152 The Country House best that it should also be locked open, and only closed under extreme cases ofnecessity. As the true purpose of the drawing room is one of constant use, it should beas comfortable as possible. The modern tendency is toward unsympathetic stiff-ness on the one hand and the…
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