The house dignified; its design, its arrangement and its decoration (1908)
French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York : Putnam · leaf 24
t—justas he satisfied the demand for oak furniture withthe monstrosity now known as the yellow oak ofcommerce. When we have not been caught by catchwords,we have, for lack of models of our own, set aboutcopying, not adapting, foreign models, importingmany which bore no rightful relation to our… … J6ntranc^5 anD t)all0 3 dwelling, which seemed good in that place, and nodoubt was, we have insisted upon adopting thatparticular feature for ourselves, without regard to itsfitness. Thus, we have colonial doors appearing inbrown-stone fronts, the windows of which have notbeen brought into harmony.…
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