Shaw's Civil architecture; being a complete theoretical and practical system of building, containing the fundamental principles of the art (1852)
Shaw, Edward · Boston, J. P. Jewett · leaf 238
oduced in one room, it always tends to con-fuse the spectator. The commonest sort of doors are made of pine,painted in various manners, and the better kind ofthem are of mahogany, or oak, or different sorts ofrare wood, inlaid. With regard to their construction,strength, beauty, and straightness…
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