Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VIII (1859)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford London, J. H. and J. Parker · leaf 218
ewise were ordered to be cut up and burnt2. As we have seen, the private room, whether used onlyas a dining-chamber, or for a parlour and bed-chamber,was handsomely furnished. The fine fireplace, andchimney-piece, the walls covered with wainscot, or richlypainted and gilded, were further adorned by… … THE CHAMBERS AND OFFICES. 121 Glass Windows were a luxury now fully appre-ciated, and casements were framed and fitted in theapertures hitherto protected with lattice-work and woodenshutters. We find in old domestic accounts severalallusions to the cost of such alterations. Lord Howard,at…
Architecture, Domestic
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