carved-walnut

Updated: June 19, 2025

And as to those white marble busts, and those books that were everywhere, she much preferred her brilliant figures which she "had bought in Europe," and books were "a nuisance about a house." They ought to be kept in a library, as she kept hers in a carved-walnut case with glass doors. The real cause of Mrs. Wickersham's dislike of Mrs. Wentworth lay deeper.

Thomas Nelson Page - Gordon Keith