The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . ijM^. ^ *:U 4fa/-.—^-J- :^«^ -?L. By Lounesy ol Ucorge Howe. OVERMANTEL ARRAN(U:MENT IN ITALIAN SI YLE PLATE loi. Manufactured b> > . (;rand Rapids. Micbican FLORENTINE ClNQUECENTo lAllLK. WALNUTHnthl ) Top 48 X 24 in. ITALIAN XVI CENTURY STOOLHriihl 20 Top 19 j 15!^ in. THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE 215 For Americans there is also a practical consideration ofgreat moment. Our summer climate very much more re-sembles that of southern Europe than that of England: arealisation of this and the advance of concret
The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . ijM^. ^ *:U 4fa/-.—^-J- :^«^ -?L. By Lounesy ol Ucorge Howe. OVERMANTEL ARRAN(U:MENT IN ITALIAN SI YLE PLATE loi. Manufactured b> > . (;rand Rapids. Micbican FLORENTINE ClNQUECENTo lAllLK. WALNUTHnthl ) Top 48 X 24 in. ITALIAN XVI CENTURY STOOLHriihl 20 Top 19 j 15!^ in. THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE 215 For Americans there is also a practical consideration ofgreat moment. Our summer climate very much more re-sembles that of southern Europe than that of England: arealisation of this and the advance of concrete constructionwill probably stimulate the already frequent erection ofItalian-American or Spanish-American houses, and thesehomes must be appropriately furnished. THE RENAISSANCE Plate 98 is an excellent example of both the interiorarchitecture and furniture of the Italian Renaissance as em-ployed in an American dining-room of medium size. Themantel, the dignified simplicity, and the absence of over-crowding are all typical of the mode. The Revival of Learning was a newly awakened interestin the literature of Greece and Rome and in all that per-tained to those civilisations; so
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