Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence), 1836-1915 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and company · leaf 268
might get whatwe wanted, and we might get the very thing wedespised, and, besides, these patent colors wouldfade like a cotton umbrella. We knew thatwasnt true of all of them, but— alas ! that oneknave should bring discredit upon the wholefraternity of honest men—we were afraid toorder. Moreover,… … The new York! PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIOMS HO IV JOHNS HOUSE WAS PAINTED. 261 are artificial colors. Most of them are com-pounded of the remnants of a score or more ofexhausted tin cans. No mortal could duplicatethem if he tried, and no sane person would wishto if he could. We…
Interior decoration · Architecture, Domestic
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