A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture (1862)
Chambers, William, Sir, 1726-1796, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786-1866, Hardwick, Thomas, 1752-1829 · London : Lockwood and Co. · leaf 286
one in most of hisbuildhigs; and to give to the rail very little projection ; that so, it may notadvance too far upon the surface of the column, and seem to cut into it. Inlarge buildings, the centre of the baluster may be in a line with the axisof the column; ])ut in small ones, it must be within… … ^ r OF OUDEKS AUOVE OUDERS. 229 and a half or four feet. Nevertheless, it must necessarily bear some propor-tion to the rest of the arehitcctnro, and have nearly the same relation to thelower order, or whatever it iuunediately stands upon, as when a balustrade isplaced thereon, chiefly for…
Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Architecture · Architecture, Greek
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