The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 522
c life. Ill the mean time, we give a few examples of Gothic furni-ture, such as it is wow seen in tlic Avarehouses of our principalcabinet-makers—chiefly to familiarize the eye of the reader withthis, as contn\sted with other styles—hoping f(.»r somethingbetter in the way of design at no distant… … Fig. 261 is an antiquesettle, suitable for a largehall in a country house in theGothic style. It is made ofoak or walnut, with a leathercushion. A liat amd cloak stand, in avery simple modification ofthe Gothic style, for the enti-ance-hall, is shown in Fig. 262. Thismay be made by any carpenter.…
Architecture, Domestic
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