http://www.carltonhobbs.net/news/770/2009/06/23/ Carlton Hobbs Networking News Press and Social Weblog Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:47:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.carltonhobbs.net/news/770/2009/06/23/comment-page-1/#comment-203 An Aesthete's Lament Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:49:10 +0000 http://www.carltonhobbs.net/?p=770#comment-203 I love this indoor surprise. There is a wonderful book about Russian country houses, by Priscilla Roosevelt, in which is shown a country house whose large living room has wall made of rough horizontal planks but whose floor is matchless parquetry, whose paintings are heavily gilt-framed, and whose furniture looks straight out of Schinkel. I love this indoor surprise. There is a wonderful book about Russian country houses, by Priscilla Roosevelt, in which is shown a country house whose large living room has wall made of rough horizontal planks but whose floor is matchless parquetry, whose paintings are heavily gilt-framed, and whose furniture looks straight out of Schinkel.

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