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 444
ity. Clinton & Russell, Architects. RESIDENCES BELONGING TO WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. THE MODERN AMERICAN RESIDENCE modern private houses in Europe. This estimate undoubt-edly places too much stress upon the originality of Americanarchitecture; but since it represents very well the presentpopular… … CHAPTER VIIICl^e jEotient ISejSiDcncc—Jtjs %nttviot E have frequently intimated that it is theinteriors of these great houses which mostarouse the interest of the designer, be-cause it is in the interiors that his meth-ods, opportunities, materials, and talents,all of them have their best…
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