Stately homes in America : from colonial times to the present day (1903)
Desmond, Harry W. (Harry William), 1863-1913, Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 168
how more consider-able departures from the colonial traditions than do theexteriors. The general effect of the rooms was doubtlessvery much the same, but the use of marble mantelpieces wasa plain innovation, while the conspicuous references toBrussels carpets shows that the days of well-waxed…
Architecture, Domestic
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