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 446
e gray Italian mantel-piece—firm, rich, delicate, and substantial. By the skilfuluse of these materials and fragments he can produce effectswhich would be impossible with modern materials; he can,above all, produce the effect of time and distinguished asso-ciations. He can surround the most modern… … New York City. Louis C. Tiliany, Designer. STUDIO OF THE TIFF.ANY HOUSE. THE MODERN RESIDENCE informal comedy of modern American domestic life; but itshould be added that they are equally incongruous, except oncertain state occasions, with the prose of modern Europeanlife. Under any circumstances…
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