A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 396
hich STONE DRESSING blocks ; in that case, the stone is clres-sed with aslightly receding or hollowed bed, and the edgesof the faces of the stones may almost touch, nomortar being visible. Such joints as these requirecutting as careful as that of tlie faces, but the ac-tual surface slundd always be… … Sto can be called elaborate iu our modern sense ofthe word. — R. S. STONE DRESSING. That part of stonecutting which rehites to the surtace of stonesprepared for building. Thus, the beds andjoints of the stone may be hammer dressed,or where finer work is required and the jointsare to be made as thin…
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