AND HOW ro BEAUTIFY THEM. A WORD FOR THE OLD-FASHIONED PARLOUR. I HE drawing room, without entirely changing its character, might be made a very much more attractive room than it often is. Its great defect, .speaking generally, is that it is specialised too much—reserved too particularly for… … FIG. S5. CABINET IN THE 17TH CICNTUKV STYLE. the practical disappearance of the parlour, which, even though it may havebeen forbiddingly furnished, had about it a sweet and gracious quality ofhomeliness. The old-time parlour has now blossomed out into the drawingroom, and has cast off its…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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