The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 108
namentedin the style of theGothic. Carvedpanels of beautifuldesign and work-manship have comefrom their hands.Gothic carvingreached its highestperfection in Ger-many during the fif-teenth century. Oakwas mostly used,and the earlier ex-amples were verylow in relief. Later,examples, however,show such… … 84 The Country House the already growing boldness of relief was carried even into the round, in caseswhere this was possible. German craftsmen evidently believed in paint, as many of these carvings werethus embellished. It is doubtful if such a treatment would add anything tothe already beautiful…
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