An encyclopædia of cottage, farm, and villa architecture and furniture : containing numerous designs for dwellings ... each design accompanied by analytical and critical remarks ... (1842)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 1096
104-6 COTTAGE, FARM, A^D VILLA ARCHITECTURE, 5ame objection to the front legs of figs. 1872 and 1873 being carved, and the back sup- ports being plain, that there is in the case of chairs; 1877 because the sideboard is … ornamented, and at the same time forms a harmonious whole, as does fig. 1869. We may observe that the plan of drawing out the front drawers in these sideboards without the aid of knobs, by avoiding the necessity of introducing these, adds much to the massive and architectural character of…
Architecture, Domestic · Furniture
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