Coleman, Oliver · New York, Fox Duffield & Company · leaf 110
sing and sleeping apartment, in which the owner never thinks ofsitting or living. For such uses the plainness of asceticism seems mostdesirable. The old emperor of Germany, William I, slept always in a bareroom on an iron bedstead, and left the gorgeous decorated bedrooms of theSecond Empire to his… … for example, a mans room in which the walls were painted a soft gray, theiron bedstead and the washstand and chest of drawers all a bright red, withbrass trimmings. On the dark red floor are red and black Navajo blanketsfor rugs. No pictures are upon the wall at all, or, if any, only a few,…
Architecture, Domestic
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