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Houses for town or country (1907)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 70

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character by being fastenedinto the sides of the stair treads. I have dwelt chiefly upon the entrance hallway,because the illustrations of this room show the readerreally what it is, and he can check my observationswith his own. In the other rooms there is very littledesign which does not depend… … HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY tion fails to show. A reproduction of one room incolours would supply a fair notion, not of the qualityof the dififerent tones in which the room is finished,but of their relative value. The effect is derivedfrom the rich red pattern fabric on the wall, the greyof the…

Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration

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