Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 90
gs; in othercases the design itself needs simplifying. Whereverthe over-richness and elaboration comes in, the greatnecessity with which every collection of these housesimpresses the observer, is this necessity for moresimplicity; and in houses built by the better Ameri-can architects for… … AN EXAMPLE OF TRUE STYLE country houses are apt to be those which cost be-tween tAventy thousand and one hundred and fiftythousand dollars. When their owners spend lessthan twenty thousand dollars, it is rare that an archi-tect in good standing is employed, because his feesare proportionately…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration
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