The house dignified; its design, its arrangement and its decoration (1908)
French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York, Putnam · leaf 36
he bigcathedral chairs arranged against the wall proclaiman appropriate formality. The undraped tables areleft unencumbered. Stable objects alone are placedupon them, rare but large bronzes and carvings, addinga sense of repose and proportion. The walls of theupper haU are lined with tapestries,… … Entrances ant> Iballs 9 is, there are dressing-rooms on the street level withstairs leading to the salons above. Charming as aresome of these halls, and full of dignity, they necessarilylack the more alluring quality of halls built of marbleand set out with trickling fountains. Where wallsmust…
Architecture, Domestic
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