"_Old Historic House_;" _i.e._, Dormer windows, dark rooms, and the dry
rot.
"_High-class Furniture_;" Another term for mahogany.
"_Superior Ditto_;" An adjective reserved for walnut.
"_Solid Ditto_;" When there is no other epithet possible.
"_Elegant Modern Ditto_;" In the gimcrack pseudo-æsthetic style.
"_Handsome Ditto_;" _i.e._, Consoles, any amount of mirrors, gilding,
crimson silk, ormolu--all a little "off colour."