Modern dwellings in town and country adapted to American wants and climate with a treatise on furniture and decoration (1878)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · New York, Harper & brothers, publishers · leaf 151
the bay-windows is shown a cabinetfor bric-a-brac, of the same style as the mantel. In these interior views I have left out most of the furniture, in orderthat the architectural proportions shall be more clearly displayed. Opposite the parlor is the reception-room, 18 x 20, including the… … First-floor Plan of Design No. 23. CITY ARCHITECTURE. 147 the walls, which may serve as a frame for curtains. These screens alwaysseem to add an air of cosiness to an apartment. Sliding-doors, on the con-trary, look stiff; they give the room a barren appearance, and, like an awk-ward persons hand,…
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