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Houses for town or country (1907)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 164

An illustration from Houses for town or country, 1907, leaf 164
ally the working timbers merely boxedwith boarding or finished ofif with moulding, wecan leave this sitting-room with the feeling thainothing more delightful is likely to come ourway. Something of a similar character is to be foundin the room shown above—a room in that Evanstonwhich is overshadowed… … AN EFFECTIVE DORMER WINDOW not more than seven feet in the eaves, rises to elevenfeet or more in the middle. Commonly this arrange-ment has the unfortunate result that the daylight isnot admitted from a sufficient height above the floor,but in this case the putting in of a capitally conceiveddormer…

Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration

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