Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955, New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Committee on Education · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 133
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 by 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…
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