History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 379
m climates; in colderregions we are glad to be made comfortable by cover-ing them with carpets. Windows and doors may be made highly orna-mental. They form the most im-portant features in the architectureof the houses of a city. That theancients had windows to theirdwellings is quite certain, yet… … 310 A RANDOM CHAPTER, Fig. 49. ornament j9ar excellence. The bay-windows (Fig. 48),or as they are often erroneously called, bow-windows,give beauty both to the interior and exterior of Gothicbuildings. The windows of a city may be varied adinfinitum. Fig. 49, a rich stylefrom the Palazzo Medici,…
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