Villas and cottages : a series of designs prepared for execution in the United State (1857)
Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895, Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Withers, Frederick Clarke, 1828-1901 · New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, Franklin Square · leaf 100
neof the staircase, and a more easy and graceful effectcan be arrived at in this way than in any other. Itinvolves, however, like most superior arrangements, anincrease in cost, and can, therefore, only be adoptedoccasionally in large houses. On arriving at the chamber floor we naturally ex-pect to… … 88 VILLAS AND COTTAGES. of moderate size, as the advantages of saving of space,free ventilation, and plenty of room to move about in,more than compensate, in practice, for the slight in-convenience that must certainly occur now and then,if both bath and closet happen to be required for useby…
Architecture, Domestic
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