cleanlines

Updated: May 7, 2025

On the blue cloth of the middle table were four showily-bound volumes, arranged symmetrically. On the head of the sofa lay a covering worked of blue and yellow Berlin wools. Two arm-chairs were draped with long white antimacassars, ready to slip off at a touch. As in the kitchen, there was a smell of cleanlines of furniture polish, hearthstone, and black-lead.

George Gissing - Demos