The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 224
m an arcaded panelling. The windows arevery interesting, because they show one specialuse of strong, plain muUions. If these mullionswere less prominent the window openings wouldseem too large ; ft is they that unite a largesurface of glass to the surrounding wall (p. 146).To appreciate this we… … w^^w^ GOTHIC AND TUDOR HOMES 147 fashion for large windows sprang up, and itthreatened the structural look of hojuses. Manya wall would have been a thing of glass ifmuUions and transoms had not been used withjudgment. Here are two other illustrations to make thispoint quite clear. One dates from…
Architecture, Domestic · Architecture
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