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Good taste in home furnishing (1915)

Sell, Maud Ann, Sell, Henry Blackman, joint author · New York, John Lane Company · leaf 103

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ve failure. Toomuch can hardly be said against its practice.While it may seem silly to place so muchemphasis upon so obvious a point, a littleobservation will show one how wary heshould be in this matter. Cretonne is notvelvet: it does not carry the same color-ings ; it will not hang the same; it… … cannot be accomplished, and this is one ofthem. Each fabric has its own individual-ity. That individuality or character fits itfor a particular use from which no amountof coaxing will transform it. Burlap isnever in good taste in the formal room, andvelvets are out of place in the cottage. De-cide…

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