The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 457
iculty of capture; but otherwisethe characteristics enumerated above prevailed. In general terms, colonial interiors contained29 434 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. spacious halls with wainscots often panelled andreaching to the ceiling; doorways in every varietyof the Renaissance, with plain, broken, or… … Fig. 168.—Rococo Doorway in Van Rensselaer Manor House. forms caught up with ribbons at the ends werefrequently carved in low relief. Balusters were usually of three kinds, one of eachto every step, and moulded into twisted spindles;while other favourite features were richly polishedmahogany doors…
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