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Villas and cottages (1874)

Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 109

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Rain-water pipes, as generally planned, are mostunsightly accessories to a country house. They need … VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 105 never be so. On the contrary, they may often be madevaluable helps in design, as they can be used to marka vertical line in the composition where there is noprojection in the plan. Instead of being circular,as generally made, they should be semi-circular, sothat they may…

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