Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence), 1836-1915 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and company · leaf 162
that, instead of devel-oping the inconveniences and discom-forts of old-fashioned buildings by natural growth,to answer the needs of the higher civilizationand more refined demands of domestic life inthe present time, many of the most importantattempts at improvement have been blind imi-tations of… … A SWIFT DESCENT. awkwardness remains.Staircases are a nota-ble example of this.The old - fashionedsteep and narrow steps,with their short runs andfrequent turns, have notbeen allowed to develop by-natural selection and a hap-py survival of the fittest intobroad, easy avenues of as-cent,…
Interior decoration · Architecture, Domestic
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