The American builder's companion : or, A system of architecture, particularly adapted to the present style of building ; illustrated with seventy copperplate engravings (1827)
Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 · Boston : R.P.&C. Williams · leaf 135
auty of plain cornicesdepends on the shadows of their quirks. When mouldings are ornamented,they may be larger than when plain, as carving lightens them. They oughtnever to be too much crowded with ornaments, but always leave a sufficiencyof plain space to form a contrast. Three embellishments are… … S>T!a^;.t,dJ},t. \l7.//(/ina.i Sc- AMERICAN BUILDERS COMPANION. 67 Observe that the ornaments be bold, and proportioned to the height of theroom : not to make the same mouldings serve for a room of twenty feet hiufhthat was modelled for one of ten ; and that they always be such as will…
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