Modern Dwellings in Town and Country Adapted to American Wants and Climate, with a Treatise on Furniture and Decoration

Author Henry Hudson Holly American

Publisher Harper & Brothers American

1878

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Title: Modern Dwellings in Town and Country Adapted to American Wants and Climate, with a Treatise on Furniture and Decoration
Author: Henry Hudson Holly (American, ca. 1837–1892 New York)
Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, New York)
Date: 1878
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving and transfer lithographs
Dimensions: 9 1/8 × 6 5/8 × 1 in. (23.2 × 16.8 × 2.5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940
Object Number: 40.31.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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