Furnishing the home of good taste : a brief sketch of the period styles in interior decoration with suggestions as to their employment in the homes of today (1912)
Throop, Lucy Abbot · New York : McBride, Nast · leaf 205
This group of old mirrors indicates the extent to which refinement of design was carried during the Georgian period in England—the time of the great cabinet-makers … GEORGIAN FURNITURE 141 The window frames of Colonial and Georgian houses wereoften of such good design that no curtains were used, andthe wooden inside shutters were shut at night. Nowadaysthe average house has what might be called utility woodworkat its windows and so we cover them with curtains.…
Interior decoration · House furnishings · Furniture -- History
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