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 410
e Middle Ages; butat the same time the walls have been opened up, the sunlighthas been let in, classic detail has been freely applied, and thewhole building, while not losing, particularly in the case ofthe French chateau, traces of its origin as a fortified resi-dence, wears a gracious as well as… … THE MODERN AMERICAN RESIDENCE what impersonal, just because he was designing it withoutany reference to particular personal requirements except inthe way of conveniences. But although impersonal it hadalso to be elegant, substantial, striking, and magnificent; andno other types of dwelling…
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