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Discourses on architecture (1875)

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : Ticknor and Co. · leaf 355

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should seem needful. Thus the window-casing would resume its function,—thefunction it had in primitive constructions; it would aftbrd sup-ports of greater strength than the rest of the wall, which wouldthus become mere filling-in. The iron, although combined with This has already been attempted,… … bKi. :i.—Design for a French Street Villii. Gai-den Elevation. 308 LECTURES OX ARCIIITEGTURE. the masonry, would preserve its independent function, and wouldnot injure the masonry by the oxidation of the fastenings. Let us examine in detail the various parts of the smallbuilding represented in…

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