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 90
THE COLONIAL RESIDENCE white—except in the case of the doors, which, in themore expensive houses, were made of mahogany, andformed an effective contrast to the prevailing tone of theroom. The furniture was, of course, always of mahoganyor of some other dark wood, and the designs…
Architecture, Domestic
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