Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds. Adapted to North America (1847)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York : Wiley and Putnam · leaf 90
£the portion above being enclosed ina sort of sideboard or closet in thepantry, and the part below in a simi-lar closet in the basement. At a, isthe cupboard with three shelves. Thiscupboard, with the dishes it will con-tain, is balanced by the weight c, atthe end of a rope, passing over thepulleys… … [Fig. 28.] 66 COTTAGE RESIDENCES* strap, attached to the bottom of the cupboard. This wheel andcrank are fixed firmly at the bottom of the trunk in which thecupboard moves, and about a foot and a half above the floorof the kitchen. The top of the trunk, or that part above thefloor,/, is disguised,…
Architecture, Domestic
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