. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . ively has it been invoked 1)\American manufacturers without detrimentto the artistic cpiality of the ])ro(luct. In ran^e and wariety there is no com-]>arison between what ma\ be seen in thecatalooues or in the show-rooms of thebom i,s95. leading American manufacturers. The ad-1. , y2,.,^j^g.(, Q,., ji-,^. pj^j-f Qf- ^\^^ American manu-facturers in variety of design comes in part from thenuich greater variety of the archUectural styles ha-bUualK- eni])loyed by American arcln
. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . ively has it been invoked 1)\American manufacturers without detrimentto the artistic cpiality of the ])ro(luct. In ran^e and wariety there is no com-]>arison between what ma\ be seen in thecatalooues or in the show-rooms of thebom i,s95. leading American manufacturers. The ad-1. , y2,.,^j^g.(, Q,., ji-,^. pj^j-f Qf- ^\^^ American manu-facturers in variety of design comes in part from thenuich greater variety of the archUectural styles ha-bUualK- eni])loyed by American arclntects. While mEuro])e the different rooms of a dwelling of much ])re-tension nia\ be hnished m different st\les, or in dis-tinct niodihcatioiis ol the same national styles, thereis no such varietw either in domestic or in commercialarcliitectureas obtains in this country. ( .reek, Roman-es(]ue, Colonial, .Moorish, several phases of the (.otliicand se\eial national varieties of the Renaissance, withseveral subdivisions of each, are all current modes ofbuilding to any one of which the interior fittings may. BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YOR be refinircd to ami . Of each of these there aretobe ^liad tlie o1>jects cf which InuUlers hardwareconsists,:ned and executed with archaeological accurac\-and with high artistic skill. Considering the fewnessand sinii)]icit\- of these objects, escutcheon i)late^,knobs, handles, hinge--, etc., the wealth and ])rofu-iMriof design which have bct-n a|)])lied to them are wondrrful. The choice i> no longer, as formerly, belwrei:things i)lain and merelx inofrcnsivc- and things fancN and revolting. It is a choice between mlomnient^ thatare jjositivel}- attractive, and the sum of which consti-tutes one of the most striking and successful of Ameri-can achievements \\\ aisplied art. Although twenty years almost co\-ers the ])eriod ofthis artistic develo])ment. it has liad many ])h;ises. Atthe beginning of it the liest that could l)elia
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