The architecture of the Renaissance in France; a history of the evolution of the arts of building, decoration and garden design under classical influence from 1495 to 1830 (1911)
se as late asthe seventeenth century. They were fitted with shutters in small leaves,the lowest lights having an extra external set of perforated shuttersinstead of glass, as in the H6tel dAlluye. Chimnky-pfeces.—-Chimney-pieces, often of a rich and monumentalcharacter, usually left the fire open… … 27. Castle of Blois : Chimney-piece in Louis XII. Wing. This arrangement, which gives an impression of top-heaviness andinadequate support, had its origin in the fact that the earliest hoods wereof wattle and plaster or some such light material. The rope withwhich they were tied back to the wall…
