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A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture (1825)

Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863 · London, Priestley and Weale · leaf 110

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one oneach side of the door, and sometimes, besides an archi-trave, the aperture is adorned with columns, pilasters, ca-ryatides, or terms, supporting a regular entablature, witha pediment, or with some other termination either of ar-chitecture or sculpture. In the two annexed plates aregiven… … ftt&fofu . OF GATES, DOORS, AND PIERS. 337 figure thereof being a double square. The rustics may beeither smooth or hatched, frosted or vermieulated, buttheir outline must be sharp, and their joints must form arectangle. Each joint may be in breadth one-third ortwo-sevenths of the vertical…

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