Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds (1873)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882, Downing, Charles, Harney, George E · New York : J. Wiley & son · leaf 107
o take pleasurein keeping the best and most comfortable room in theii houseshut except when they see strangers, but we cannot recom-mend it as consonant withgood taste, and that unaf-fected, genuine hospitality,which ousrht to characterize plain country folks. Details of construction.—The… … Fig. 34. 84 COTTAGE RESIDENCES. foot. In tliis, A is the front view of tlie top of gable, andB, tlie profile or section of tlie same, v is the j)endaut whicli2>erforates the ridge of the roof, and terminates the gableby what is termed a hip-knob, or finial. The roof, in thisdesign, projects…
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