Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 426
e Dutch and Flemings, preferred gabled tohipped roofs, and made of the gable a dominant feature,and of the dormer a feature second only to the gable inimportance. Gables and dormers alike were carriedthrough two or three and even four stories,,with succes-sive steppings decorated Avith curves,… … Fig. 242.—Gable, State Pharmacy, Saalfeld. tion of openings over pilasters and pilasters over open-ings (Fig. 242), producing that effect of interruptionand variation which the Germans cultivated in theirpreference of decorative animation to repose. Obelisksfrequently adorned the steps of the…
Decoration and ornament
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