Coleman, Oliver · New York, Fox Duffield & Company · leaf 109
ld not face a window. The light stream-ing into the room on a summer morning is too precious to shut out entirely,but full upon ones face it is not conducive to a pleasant awakening. Theold-fashioned canopy overhead, met this difficulty in a sensible way byallowing one to subdue the sunshine with… … nicety. Surely our ancestors had some notions which it would be better hadwe not outgrown. For the floors mattings are always obtainable, and covered with thickrugs in winter, or bare and cool in summer, they seem to lend themselves toevery need. Painted floors, with rugs here and there, are also…
Architecture, Domestic
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