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One hundred country houses : modern American examples (1909)

Embury, Aymar, 1880- · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 64

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arent everywhere in the design. Thevery great area of the windows as compared with the massof the building presents a problem not easy of solution. Toogreat a window surface is apt to break up a single mass intoits component parts; here by the strength of the white linesof the terrace at the bottom… … RESIDENCE OF E. R. THOMAS SHEEPSHEAD BAY, N. Y. LIONEL MOSES, ARCHITECT ONE HUNDRED COUNTRY HOUSESarc a favorite motive in the old work, but it is not alwayseasy to adjust a modern plan so that it not only fits, butrequires them. When this is possible they form, as in thiscase, a very delightful…

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