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 176
the usual height being from one-third to one-halfof the wall. Another system, also much in vogue, was that of hangingthe walls with tapestry. Haddon Hall, one of the finest baronial man-sions of that period, was treated in this manner. One peculiarity of thisstructure was the absence of wood-work… … Fig. 10 Wood Panel. 172 MODERN DWELLINGS. hanging was invented, was to cover the walls, above the wainscot, withstamped leather. This system of decoration, as before mentioned, wasproductive of some of the best results. The ground-work was usually ofsilver or gold, upon the surface of which…
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