Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 506
r the arch of the cen-tral opening, pilastersor small columns serv-ing as supports. Thistype of window, derivedfrom the Palladian mo-tive of Italy, was intro-duced into England byInigo Jones, but seemsnever to have been aswidely used there as itwas a century later in the Colonies. Here it became… … Fig. 304.—Central Bay, Vassal-CraigieOR Longfellow House, Cambridge,Massachusetts. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT exteriors was the urn or vase used as a finial, alike forgate-posts and to adorn the angles of gables (Fig. 305).Church steeples were variants of the types developedby Wren and Gibbs (see p.…
Decoration and ornament
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