Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 508
6). Fences and gates to private houses were usually ofwood and treated often with considerable elegance; butfew remain to the present time (Fig. 307). Between 1780 and 1820 the influence of the Adamstyle (see p. 373) became manifest in a greater delicacy,freedom and attenuation of exterior details,… … /Ven/ YORK. /7(,± Fig. 306.—Two Colonial Spires: Christ Church,Philadelphia, and St. Paulas, New York. elsewhere, the existence of abundant clay and the absenceor extinction of forest growth led to a more generaluse of brick for houses and churches than in the wooded 401 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT…
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