The house dignified; its design, its arrangement and its decoration (1908)
French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York : Putnam · leaf 64
d the massivenessof the great retaining chain necessarily suggest heightto the ceiling, and strength to the whole arrangement.Such a lamp, too, serves to break up the feeling ofstraight Unes, carrying the eye off in new and agree-able directions. The upright Venetian lanterns placed at the footof… … McKim, Mead & White, Architects STAIRWAY FROM LOWER HALL OF MR. H. W. POORS HOUSE, GRAMERCY PARK, NEW YORK CITY Stairvvai?0 23 nate possessors. One runs across them in some draw-ing-rooms, set up in inappropriate comers and for noother purpose apparently but that of accentuatingthe sum of a…
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