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 213
fastening them flatlyagainst the walls, an invisible screen of wire is arranged to jDroject someinches from the building, and on this the gilt letters are placed. In thisway no part of the wall is concealed, and the letters, instead of marringthe architecture, become graceful ornaments. Fig. 45… … Fig. 3S.—Door Lock. METALS. 209 placed. Gas jets may be arranged in the same way with an equally goodeffect. Gas, however, I donot regard as the pleasantestmode of lighting. Candles,although not so brilliant, givea much softer and more be-coming light, and oil or ker-osene is less trying to…
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