Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 510
these ma-terials, and even in churches and public buildings stonecolumns were hardly ever used before the Revolution.The coarse details of the John Bartram house at Kinses-sing near Philadelphia (1731) represent an interestingearly experiment which, in spite of its comparative suc-cess, remained… … Fig. 308.—Chimneypiece, Phillipse Manor, Yonkers, New York. abundance of superb timber, and especially of enormouswhite-pine trees, provided them with unsurpassed ma-terials for framed work such as wainscot-panels, doors,door- and window-trim and staircases and for carved 403 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT…
Decoration and ornament
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