Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 118
re werealso transported with the owners, and the glass windowswere taken out, on the master or family leaving for a shorttime. This continued to be the custom down to a muchlater date. In the Survey of Alnwick Castle, 1567, it issaid: Because through extreme winds the glass of the DECORATED HOUSES.… … Window with seats. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1310. * Preface, p. xvi, Northumberland Household Book, editedby Bishop Percy. In the same place we find the following remarks :I cannot avoid alluding to glass, not yet common in commonhouses. Our country houses, instead of glass, did use much…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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