Illustrated homes: a series of papers describing real houses and real people (1875)
Gardner, Eugene Clarence, 1836-1915 · Boston, J. R. Osgood and company · leaf 224
ng society restsupon square houses. Mr. Fowler tried octagons,but they were not popular, — too many triangles.An equilateral rectangle is the only availableform. Exact dimensions of the rooms are notimportant. I have fixed upon thirteen feetsquare as the minimum, and would provide forextra… … THE poets second FLOOR. ILLUSTRATED HOMES, 22/ only convenient, but they are economical and— democratic. Through them the parlor, aroom dear to the instincts of American house-keepers, is not only brought within reach ofthe humbler parts of the house, but is placedon a level with them when occasion…
Architecture, Domestic
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