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Houses for town or country (1907)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 174

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at one of the narrow ends of theroom this measurement of twenty feet must be takenbetween the face of the chimney-piece or of themantelpiece and of the opposite wall. Again ifthe sideboard is to be put in at the end opposite thefireplace this also must be considered; for a spaceof at least nineteen… … A COMBINATION DINING- AND LIVING-ROOM tween the walls, between fireplace and sideboard,between sideboard and service table, between any andall permanent obstacles must be maintained. This,of course, is an awkward shape for the room, andaccordingly it is usual to give to the dining-roomgreater…

Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration

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