Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 431
d is the lineal descendant of the escutcheon of chivalryborne by knights and persons of distinction. Careful study ofescutcheons on the doors of houses, will show that much of the char-acter of the owner is still indicated thereby. With this fact in mind in the selection of hardware,… … 356 HARDWARE 25 its selection. \Mien the design calls for something more elaborate,it is a mistake to be confined to simple, plain work; but under no cir-cumstances should a knob and escutcheon of elaborate or ornamentalcharacter be selected simply on account of such character when thesurroundings…
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