The American cottage builder: a series of designs, plans, and specifications, from $200 to $20,000. For homes for the people. Together with warming, ventilation, drainage, painting, and landscape gardening (1854)
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forthe valley tiles. The angles formed by thechimney-shaft and the roof,as also those formed by theroof and wall, are, in themore expensive houses, cov-ered with lead, which, besidesexpense, does not harmonizein color with a tile roof; andin the commoner sort, aremerely jointed with mortaror… … tile anjrle fillets By using a tile-fillet of the * Sometimes the ridges and g tters of a ropf are formed of a substancecalled marine-metal; so named, apparently, from its wavy appearance andchangeable properties when in such situation. THE AMERICAN COTTAGE BORDER. 33 shape indicated in the figure,…
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