File:ARCHITECTURE. DESIGNS FOR STREET FRONTS, SUBURBAN HOUSES, AND COTTAGES, INCLUDING DETAILS, FOR BOTH EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR, OF THE ABOVE CLASSES OF BUILDINGS (1868) (14764644092).jpg

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Title: ARCHITECTURE. DESIGNS FOR STREET FRONTS, SUBURBAN HOUSES, AND COTTAGES, INCLUDING DETAILS, FOR BOTH EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR, OF THE ABOVE CLASSES OF BUILDINGS
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Cummings, Marcus Fayette
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Publisher: TROY, N.Y.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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sign of the building they proposeto erect; and if they possess a work in which every needed architectural feature,both those of utility and those of ornament, is given, necessary to the completeconstruction of the building, it will not be a difficult task to make the structure agood-proportioned and inviting one. Without such a work, the only alternative is either to engage an architect orto follow in the footsteps of some predecessor, copy his building as far as is practi-cable, and so add one more to the many generations of nondescripts and sceneivdisturbers, which mar our beautiful country everywhere, in localities distant fromour chief cities. That the work will be deemed valuable, when examined, andfound of great service, when used, is the belief of the authors ; and that it may domuch to correct evils at present existing in building operations, and elevate and aidtlie taste of tlujse who build, is their earnest wish. rMMINGS, ILLER. ) M. F. COIMINGS, Authors.C. C. MIL I*latel »
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•PLATE 1. CORNICES AND WINDOW-CAP? FOR STREET FRONTS. Fig. 1. Shows a coruice having trusses, which are moulded on tlie face andenriched with caived leaves and beads. Over the trusses are moulded modillions, andover the end trusses and modillions are end-blocks, having raised jjanels and sur-mounted by scrolls 4 inches thick. Between the trusses are panels, having mouldings;it the top and bottom and sawed scrolls at the ends. Over the panels are dentils,sawed to a mould on the face. At A are the details of the cornice, comprising anelevation and section, and sections of the face of the trusses and modillions. Pig. 2. Shows a cornice having trusses, fluted on the face, enriched at the footand panelled at the top. Between the trusses are sunk panels in the frieze, and inthese are raised blocks with balls in the centre. The end-blocks are panelled andenriched. Over the frieze panels are sawed dentils, 8 inches thick. At B are thedetails, comprising an elevation and section of the corniarchitecturedesi00cumm

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