Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 410
distinguished themfrom their fellows; and they have tried to illustrate such tjualities bymeans of insignia borne by them and put in conspicuous places intheir abodes. In this way the escutcheon has always been used as adistinguishing symbol. Comparatively little attention is paid to heraldry… … Fig. 3. Jefferson Nails and Bolts.From Trusses of Old Senate Chamber in Capitol. Washington, D. C. spicuous piece of house hardware now in use; and this piece of hard-ware tells the story of the general character of the householder whoselected it, just as tiiily as did the escutcheon of the…
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