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The historical monuments of France (1898)

Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910 · Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 200

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y cornicesand pilasters, extend throughout the front. There are notmany windows. A range of dormers and astonishingly nu-merous chimneys, all of which are richly carved, rise in reliefagainst the slates or sky, presenting strange, fantastic outlines.The wings adjoin a structure of less height,… … CHATEAU OP CHAMBORD. 145 form a cross. Each angle has a large area and contains apart-ments. This arrangement is continued through the upperstories. Twelve great halls are thus contrived, each lightedat its outer end. The ceilings of those on the first and secondstory show large beams placed…

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