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 180
fers to sit with his chair tilted back and his feet on the table ormantel and talk shop, rather than to lose himself in the dreamland of Orientallaziness. As such things are not allowable in the drawing room he withdraws tothe den, where solid comfort is possible. As a general thing the den is apt… … 156 The Country House use, and it is thus more likely to be comfortable than handsome. The woman, onthe other hand, has a fairly good eye for the beautiful, with perhaps less of thepractical. Some of the old furniture makes good furnishings for the den—theWindsor armchair, the old wing chair, the…
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