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The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)

Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 232

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havebeen improved, and made into a ripened style.Its carving and sculpture, above all in thehuman figure, was poor ; and, of course, therecan be no perfect architecture without excel-lent sculpture. Indeed, an architect shouldremind us of a musical composer, who needs forthe interpretation of his… … iliHlUAi., HAKIlinM \VA|jiR>.l^ lLH.Sl!;y. Tudor Half-limbered Architecture, Early Years of Henry VHI.s Reign. Siepage 153. GOTHIC AND TUDOR HOMES 151 passes from structural things to details of furni-ture, and thence to the costumes worn by menand women. Too much praise can never begiven to…

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