“Style… the very hall-mark of great art… there is little use in trying to define style.”
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947) American architect
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“A la Rothschild, a style I define as many good things used irreverently.”
Aileen Mehle, "Manhattan Grand Luxe — Richly Appointed Rooms For Collectors", Architectural Digest (September 1994), v. 51 #9, pp. 126-176.
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