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 84
about theexpense. In one instance where application was made to an architectby a wealthy client to design a residence of considerable pretension, inorder that he might not be disappointed in the cost, the architect con-cluded to ask him frankly what amount he expected to spend, and wasanswered… … Design No. 11. The client sarcastically remarked that he was aware that it was to thearchitects advantage to run up the cost, not only to make a reputation forhimself, but to swell his commissions, and that he need go no further until 80 MODERN DWELLINGS.
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