Coleman, Oliver · New York, Fox Duffield & Company · leaf 118
ofthe great houses of the past? Much better than they, it seems to me, forone would rather eat or sleep in a bower of roses or an arbor of grapes thanbeneath allegorical fancies or flitting cherubs. It is curious to note in many old wall-papers still to be found in KewEngland, what would now be… … 103 SUCCESSFUL HOUSES they are apt to secure, and when upon the walls must have them to them-selves—pictures hung upon them fade into awkward patches. They arethus truly decorative—often too much so for the completeness of the roomand for the restfulness and repose which in all but a hall are chief…
Architecture, Domestic
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