Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the northwest of Europe; (1877)
Narjoux, Félix, Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907 · Boston, J. R. Osgood · leaf 138
AND. 133 farmyards, rooms badly kept and in disorder, and the untidyinhabitants of our houses in the country, the Dutch farms havecourtyards well sanded, enclosures in good condition, houses neatand well kept; within doors, rooms of an unheard-of, excessive,inconceivable cleanliness. In one of… … Fig. 77. — Reception-room in a Farm-house in North Holland. clean, and free from stains. The milk-pans and utensils ofevery sort shine and glitter with a brightness continually re-newed. The bedrooms, on the same floor with the rest of thedwelling-house, contain large beds enclosed in alcoves,…
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