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 215
r notions,an unwarrantable extravagance. Yet a doctrine such as this would fre-quently have the effect of debarring from the enjoyment of beautifulsurroundings precisely those persons who are most able to appreciatethem. In this country wealth is in many cases possessed by individualswho, having… … Fi<r. 42.—Hinjre. finer instincts. Occasionally, however, we find persons whose passion forbeauty is not to be crushed or controlled by the want of a liberal income.Their desire for artistic surroundings will lead them to master the artsthemselves, and produce with their own hands objects that…
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