The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . PLATE 146. THE NEO-CLASSIC INFLUENCE 261 influence was: there was a universal drying-up of the well-springs of inspiration throughout the western world. And so, in decoration, loveliness passed from the earth^to revive, briefly, in the work of the American, Duncan Phyfe,and then to sink into her slumber of a hundred years. Thework of the moderns is not all bad: we can still accomplishsimple things; the furniture of Ernest Gimson and othersis sterling and individual; we have learned how to use thebeautiful things of the past; but
The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . PLATE 146. THE NEO-CLASSIC INFLUENCE 261 influence was: there was a universal drying-up of the well-springs of inspiration throughout the western world. And so, in decoration, loveliness passed from the earth^to revive, briefly, in the work of the American, Duncan Phyfe,and then to sink into her slumber of a hundred years. Thework of the moderns is not all bad: we can still accomplishsimple things; the furniture of Ernest Gimson and othersis sterling and individual; we have learned how to use thebeautiful things of the past; but the age is one of appreciationrather than creation, and we must still exclaim. When willLoveliness awake! ITALY When it is remembered that during the eighteenth cen-tury the sons of the gentry of England were dispatched uponthe grand tour for the completion of their education andthe broadening of their views, it will be realised that theculture and refinement of Italy were universally decoration her great creative impulse had failed and shewas now availing h
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