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American architecture (1892)

Schuyler, Montgomery, 1843-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 57

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profusion, andby the exquisite crispness and delicacy of its execution.In both these respects the only parallel to it is in thehouse of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, for, as we have seen,the carving upon the houses of Mr. W. H. Vanderbiltdoes not count. That this carving counts so fully isthe result of the… … REAR OF ROOF, HOUSE OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, FIFTH AVENUE.George B. Post, Architect. These things are equally true of the equally profusecarving in the house designed by Mr. Hunt for Mr. W.K. Vanderbilt; but this, although in a monochrome ofgray limestone, would have a high architectural…

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