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 156
d private staircase, open from roof to cellar. Besides giving light, itserves the purpose of ventilator. (See Chapter XIV., on Ventilation.) PART II. FURNITURE AND DECORATION. CHAPTER I. INDUSTRIAL ART EDUCATION. The Necessity of it in the United States.—Impulse given to it by the Centennial.… … Fig. 1.—Frieze: The Lady of Shalott. so lamely seconded by the workman as to sadly mar the effect of his de-signs. Until recently, it has been almost impossible to find skilled arti-sans ; but the necessity has become so great, that we have finally beencompelled to import them from abroad. The…
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