A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 18
frontwould not be whatit is were it presentedwithout the flanks ornorth and south sides. The facade rather (^omes of street architecture I material or moreand of buildings which have but one front con- | Ashlar, B ; Face;sidered of sufficient impor-tance to receive architectu-ral treatment. — R. S.… … In stair building, a full-inclined projection of a■oduced by jfrojecting the1 vertically upon an in-clined plane whichcorresponds to theslope of the wreath,or as nearly so asjioshible. If the planof the wreath is, asusual, described on acircular arc, the face; mould will be ellip- tical. {See…
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