■^^ Jtifata, Kttn lark BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF HENRY W. SAGE 1891 Cornell University Library NK 2130.C63 The room beautiful; a collection of inter 3 1924 020 598 086 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924020598086 ROMAN The Room Beautiful A COLLECTION OF INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING DECORATION AND FURNISHING DETAILS OF THE IMPORTANT FURNISHING PERIODS CLIFFORD & LAWTON NEW YORK Copyright, 191S, Clifford & Lawton IN presenting this Collection of Interiors, the largest collection of furnished interiors ever published, we wish to disclaim any' pretensions to accuracy of grouping or envi- ronment. Many of the interiors are from museum photographs of rooms to which furni- niture of approximate date has been added. Few good rooms are of inviolable period styles. The English periods nearly always overlapped. An approximate classification is all that can be reasonably expected. In many cases period styles are adapted. We have attempted, how- ever, to present a chronological order of arrangement. It is with feelings of gratitude that we have dedicated this volume to the Decorative Trades, in the realization that without the help and co-operation of our friends the decorators we never would have secured the vast amount of material that has served us in producing this work. 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