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Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds : adapted to North America

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · 1873 · New York : J. Wiley & Son · 39 pictures

A. J. Downing's 1873 pattern book of rural cottage designs adapted to North America, published in New York by J. Wiley & Son for prospective homebuilders and country gardeners. Its pictures pair engraved exterior views of picturesque cottages with floor plans of principal floors and a site plan of grounds, useful to designers studying Victorian domestic massing, gabled rooflines, verandas and room layouts.

Architecture, Domestic

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