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 109
lish in their charminglittle half-timber houses usually treatedthe door in a very simple manner.Carving was only occasionally, and thensparingly, used on exterior door posts.The natural wood, which was generallyoak, was counted upon for effect. In the more elaborate edifices of theElizabethan… … Doors and Doorways istic was the lowGothic arch, thepoint of which wasusually about onethird of the spanabove the spring orstarting point of thearch. It was usuallysolid, wTas hung onstrap hinges, andfrequently dividedinto simple or elab-orate panels bystrips nailed on theside opposite thehinges.…
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