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 110
jambs, allwithin the line of thewall, while astridethe arch, like a sad-dle, sat the usuallabel moulding ofthe English Gothic.Interior doors werecommonly squareheaded, and werefrequently treatedin the manner of thewainscoting in whichthey came. Thistreatment served toconceal the door toa great… … Doorway in the Chase House, Annapolis, Md. A suggestive example of the Southern Colonial.The door is well studied in mass and detail 86 The Country House uted Classic and Gothic details. Sometimes the Gothic got in a telling stroke; then again you had to hunt for it. One striking feature is the…
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