Principles of home decoration, with practical examples (1903)
Wheeler, Candace, 1827-1923 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 190
to kinds andstyles; but no matter how good thedifferent specimens may be, or towhat style they may belong, each oneis subject again to the ruling of fit-ness. Detached things may be boththoroughly pleasing and thoroughlygood in themselves, but unless theyare appropriate to the place where,and… … FURNITURE i6i put in it must be placed there be-cause it is appropriate to that use,and because it is needed for com-pleteness. It is misapplication whichmakes much of what is called artis-tic furnishing ridiculous. An old-fashioned brass preserving-kettle anda linen or wool spinning-wheel arein…
Interior decoration
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