Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 175
must be maintained. This,of course, is an awkward shape for the room, andaccordingly it is usual to give to the dining-roomgreater breadth than seems essential, and then tooccupy this greater breadth with (as above sug-gested) the mantelpiece and the sideboard, or theservice table, or both; in… … A CORNER CHINA CLOSET sides. It is here, of course, that the bookcases and thelike will be set in rooms which have the double pur-pose of sitting-room and eating-room. The disposition of windows for the proper light-ing of this oblong dining-room is perhaps more diffi-cult than in the case of any…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration
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