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 204
hers of a more convenient heightare substituted. It is obvious that this change, at least, is favorable, forwe are enabled to use the top for bronzes and other ornaments, while thewall space above is left free for pictures. Some even go so far as to keep BOOKCASES AND PIANOS. 191) the top of… … Fig. 30.—The Library. give an appearance of stiffness to the room. If glass doors are used, thesquares should be small; when made of thick glass, they are greatly im-proved by bevelling. Much expense may be spared, however, and anagreeable effect produced, by curtains. In fact, a compromise might…
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