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 feehng ofstraight lines, carrying the eye ofT in new and agree-able directions. The upright Venetian lanterns placed at the footof… … McKim, Mead & White, Arclnte.-ti STAIRWAY FROM LOWER HALL UF MR. H. W. POORS HOUSE, GRAMERCY PARK. NEW YORK CITY Stainva\>6 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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