When formal analysis goes bad... or FABULOUS?


"As to composition and arrangement, it is singularly gratifying to see the entire freedom from the distressing shagginess and overcrowding that too often mar modern interiors that might be really excellent if those responsible for their execution would only hold themselves in check and, when they have done enough, refrain from adding a sickening
array of meaningless and, needless to say, useless fiddle-de-dees and fol-de-rols that give a room a fussy and effeminate air."

-Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Interiors, Fireplaces and Furniture of the

Italian Renaissance. New York, 1927