Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936, Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 56
swith Philadelphians who disapproved of display, andthe tradesmen living soberly in them were rebuked foraspiring to the luxury of princes. I cannot imagine why,for the old Colonial houses are, many of them, as loftyand more spacious, though it was the simple spaciousnessof my Grandfathers and the… … DRAWING ROOM AT CLIVEDEN A CHILD IN PHILADELPHIA 39 luxury in the rosewood and reps masterpieces of a de-plorable period with which they were furnished, or intheir decoration of beaded cushions and worsted-workmats and tidies, the lavish gifts of a devoted family. ButI cannot remember the parlours…
Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 · Lithography, American
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