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 50
thought of its artistic merit, it is certainly comfortablefor use, pleasant to look at, and cheap in price ; it isstrongly made of birch wood stained black, with rushbottom and strong arms, and is to my mind fitted for OF TOWN HOUSES. 29 almost any room : it can be made more comfortableperhaps with… … chintz of excellent colouring and pattern which can bebought for a few shillings a yard, and well designedand drawn papers at a mere nominal cost, comparedwith the expensive French imitation silk and goldexamples of a few years back, and plain paintedfurniture of good form and appropriate design…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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