The arts connected with building: lectures on craftsmanship and design delivered at Carpenters hall, London wall, for the worshipful company of carpenters (1909)
Davison, T. Raffles (Thomas Raffles), 1853-1937 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 83
ine, but here we find the development or the “design” quite different. Only a sill is laid in that fashion, and on that is raised a framework mortised and tenoned together, perfectly suited to size and natural shapes of timbers from the trunk and limbs of an oak tree. Nothing is wasted. Braces are… … Speke Hall, Lancashire : The Garden Front. from and in the corner post it supports. Here, as in the Swiss chalet, it is well to protect from the weather both timber and walls, so we frequently meet the projecting upper story, formed by shooting out the floor-joists beyond the walls on which they…
Worshipful Company of Carpenters (London, England) · Architecture · Decoration and ornament · Interior decoration
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