Gothic architecture applied to modern residences; containing designs of all the important parts of a private dwelling, exhibited in elaborate perspective drawings, together with large and copious details (1849)
Arnot, D. H. (David Henry) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 51
of stability, as well as the peculiar character of the style.A candelabra, of graceful proportions, casts a mellow light on the surroundingobjects; its base bracketed out so as to allow the main stem to hang clearof the floor, and the top branching from the corrugated shaft into numerous… … The bed is of the simplest form, low and broad, the head slightly predommatesover the foot; the foliage falls in massive sweeps, with the expression of havinggrown to its present form. The broad, deep indentations are the very spirit ofcarving; and as one fold overlaps another, the leaf might be…
Architecture, Gothic · Architecture, Domestic
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