Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 178
high sills; the purpose being tothrow the light downward rather than horizontally—over the heads and shoulders of the diners ratherthan directly on their backs. A very good plan hasbeen made, in which the dining-room, of only mod-erate height, was unusually well lighted from twoadjoining sides, the… … A DINING-ROOM FIREPLACE furniture. An equally good, and more artisticallyefifective, design will result by lighting a long roomfrom the two opposite ends; but the necessary condi-tion—two opposite outer walls—will not often beobtained. The foregoing considerations, based on the re-quirements of a…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration
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