Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic, (1922)
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Committee on Education · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 130
ive way to the Palladianmotive. The Venetian or Palladian window, having a central arch rising aboverectangular side openings, made its appearance in the colonies shortly before 1750as a central feature of the facades, especially as a stair window. One is mentionedin the specifications of the… … Figure 78. Corinthian capitals from the Hancock house, Boston. 1737 to 1746Preserved bv the Essex Institute and reproduced by its courtesy house at Annapolis. In the Brewton house the central arch is doubled, and in theChase house, latest of all, a large blank arch embraces the whole after a…
