"Gasalier" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... middle-class, who cannot afford to give from L100 upwards for a picture, will make no effort to obtain something moderately good, such as can be easily obtained in England for a very small outlay. The gasalier is bronze instead of glass. The real living-room of the house is the dining-room, which is therefore the best furnished, and on a tapestry carpet are a leather couch, six balloon-back carved chairs, ...
— Town Life in Australia - 1883 • R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny |
