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 223
, a coat ofchocolate, which served as a good groundwork for some beautiful effectsin polychrome. The fireplace proper he had simply faced up with Philadelphia brick.A pair of old fire-dogs, and a fender which he had found stowed away inthe garret, wTere brightened up and made to adorn the hearth.… … Fig. 49.—Commode. ART-SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN. 219 sums of money, lias an educating and refining influence, added to whichis the satisfaction attendant upon the overcoming of difficulties. A littlestudy, aided by patience and industry, will often serve to develop graceand beauty out of the poorest…
Architecture, Domestic · Furniture
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