Western Reserve chronicle and weekly transcript of the times. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1854-1855, 1855-01-03
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ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY GENT
PEI AsSUN, IN ADVANCE.
WHOLE NO. 1897.

ture belongs in certain house or room,
or for one in the same architectural style
and character, and for no other. 1t il
for this reason-because beauty and sig
nlhcance both unite to make furniture IN
correct taste permanently satisfactory
thai II often happens that some modest
cottage, with its furniture of oak or wal.
nut, al chase, simple, and expressive,
but in strictly correct taste and good keep
ing, awakens in our minds far higher
pleasure than the most costly saloons,
bright with gliding, and rich with satin
and velvet, where We only discover mag
ni6cence and expense, without taste or
propriety. We feel that there is some
living spark of genius in the former, how
ever simple and unpretending its mani
festation, but in the latter-only unlimi-
ted credit as the bankers.
The most unfortunate circumstances
for the progress of good taste in furnish
ing our country houses, is that, hitherto,
the fashions of town houses have been
implicitly followed every where in the
country. To be able to show .parlor
in country house as nearly as possible
fac-simile Of one in the Fifth Avenue,
Beacon, or Chestnut street, according as
New York, Boston, Philadelphia is tho
meridian Of calculation, has, for the most
part, been the highest ambition of most
persons furnishing frst-class room in
the country. And the result is, that the
room so furnished, instead of inspiring
us with the feeling of appropriateness,
comfort, and good taste, rather wearies
us with the recollection of the extra ex-
pense, appropriateness, and over-ele-
gance of so many things made for dis
play, rather than convenience and beauty.
The first slept towards escaping from
this, is the recognition of the fact, that
a country house (even when the same
wealth and style are supposedly should
always be furnished with more chaste-
ness and simplicity than town house;
because, it is in the country, ifanywhere
that 1--WE should find essential ease and
convenience always preferred to that love
of effect and desire to dazzle, which is be-
gotten, for the most part, by rivalry of
mere wealth in town life. As country
gentleman rejoices in the fact that he is
in happy ignorance of the rOtine of daily
dress coats and white gloves, so he pre-
fers comfortable couch or easy chair,
covered with substantial stuffs, and not
so fine or so frail as to forbid his enjoying
it remorselessly at all times, to gilt fau-
teuils, covered with satin. which are OBJ
jects of no more real utility in the coun-
try than chasSeur. -.-
The great desideratum in the furni-
ture ofcountry houses, is, that it should
be essentially country-liks = which is
attained only when it unites taste, com.
fort, and durability in the greatest de-
gree. 1t should be in correct taste, so
as to harmonic with the house in which
it is placed it should be convenient and
comfortable in the highest degree and
it should be substantially made. so as to
unite durability with the capacity of be-
ing used without the fear of being spoiled
by fulfilling its true purpose.-DOaOHing's
Country Houses.