Decoration & furniture of town houses; a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of arts, 1880, amplified and enl. (1881)
Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839-1927 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 244
, thus painted, a fewcheap Indian or other rugs may be laid about in placeswhere most necessary and useful. Too much trouble cannot be taken to make thelibrary a pleasant room to live in ; it should haveeverything arranged and adapted for use and comfort,and not be stiff and dreary with any set… … ROBERT W . EDIS , F.S.A. ARCHITECT OF TOWN HOUSES. and there, in the recesses, nests of shelves may befitted with projecting brackets, designed as part ofthem, for pieces of china, vases of flowers, or busts, andnot looking like bats stuck on to a barn door. I must not omit to say that in the lower…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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