Coleman, Oliver · New York, Fox Duffield & Company · leaf 146
the doors of well-selected mahogany, while thebalance of the woodwork, the trim and wainscoting, were finished in whiteenamel, and very charming in many cases was the result. If, then, a little money and much thought and care be expended inplanning the doors and windows, it will be hardly necessary… … CHAPTER X PORTIERES—THEIR USE AND MISUSE The hangings which are placed in doorways, between rooms, have a moresubstantial reason for existence than the mere adding of a patch of color orthe softening of the hard lines of the wooden door-jamb. At openings 131 SUCCESSFUL HOUSES where no doors are…
Architecture, Domestic
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