The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . THE AKCHITliCT A.\L) liXGlSEliH 51 1 ?^ICT!! ?^^ 1 r J ? ?? 1 P ^ renness within. It is not solely a (|uestion of money. The writer remem-bers certain xaulted rooms in monasteries in Italy whose walls werebare and the fiirnishinj^s of the most meaner (lescri|)tioii. and even acobbler shop in Ilorence which was an nn])ainte(l i)laster vault containingnothing but the litter of tools belonging to the owners tra<le. Theserooms had a ])leasant tran(|uil quality due entirely to their ])leasing jiro-portion and to the absence of u
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . THE AKCHITliCT A.\L) liXGlSEliH 51 1 ?^ICT!! ?^^ 1 r J ? ?? 1 P ^ renness within. It is not solely a (|uestion of money. The writer remem-bers certain xaulted rooms in monasteries in Italy whose walls werebare and the fiirnishinj^s of the most meaner (lescri|)tioii. and even acobbler shop in Ilorence which was an nn])ainte(l i)laster vault containingnothing but the litter of tools belonging to the owners tra<le. Theserooms had a ])leasant tran(|uil quality due entirely to their ])leasing jiro-portion and to the absence of unsightly or irrelevant objects. It iscertain that much is still to do in our schools in the way of producingpleasant restful interiors, with the api)ropriate degree of embellishmentand nil COMHISAItO\ ROOM, rm KKHOVSK :. i:\; 77//; AKCniTllCT .1X1)
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