A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 624
filled with glass, butthe lights were small and the sash bars heavy.It was not until a time within the memory ofliving man that the first large plate glass shopwindows appeared, and these were usually madeup of four or six lights ; the single light showwindow with a single piece of plate glass… … Window, Fig. 22: Double, with Wicket, in a SwissChalet. A, elevation ; S, plan at a scale four times as great; the clear width ofeach half is about 2 8 : the wicket about 1 2. transparent and with a surface so brilliant thatit reflects external objects if any dark surfacebe arranged behind it, has…
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