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 270
OUSES OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC mutules frequently occur in the plates engraved by both men, and it is stated thatone of the embellishments ought always to be in the plancere. Scrolls risingbelow the overhang, which were shown by Benjamin as early as 1797, were alsoused in the Gardner house. A detail… … From a photograph by Frank Cousins Figure 206. John Andrew (Safford) house, Salem. 1818 to 1819 been built in 1809. In the Andrew house in Salem, 1818-1819, finally, the stuccocornice is of plain mouldings of rounded section (figure 206). A cove cornice, frequent enough in Colonial days, continued…
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