. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. s continued so to the presentday. But the function of the supports is only fully shown whenthe pattern has an upward direction. This, however, does not ex-clude the use of other treatments, e. g. panels. Raguenet has nume-rous examples. Plate 140. Tede Parapet. 1. Modern Gothic, stone, Viollet-le-Duc, (Raguenet). 2. Modern Gothic, stone, Yiollet-le-Duc, Castle of Pierrefonds,(Raguenet). 3. Stone, German Renascence, Dagobert tower, new Castle, Baden-Bad
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. s continued so to the presentday. But the function of the supports is only fully shown whenthe pattern has an upward direction. This, however, does not ex-clude the use of other treatments, e. g. panels. Raguenet has nume-rous examples. Plate 140. Tede Parapet. 1. Modern Gothic, stone, Viollet-le-Duc, (Raguenet). 2. Modern Gothic, stone, Yiollet-le-Duc, Castle of Pierrefonds,(Raguenet). 3. Stone, German Renascence, Dagobert tower, new Castle, Baden-Baden. 4—5. Trellis, Schinkel, (Vorb. f. Fabr. u. Handw). 6. Modern French, Hotel Mirabeau, Paris, Architect Magne,(Raguenet). 7. Trellis, Barocco, wrought-iron, French. Railing Post. (Plate 141.) Staircase railings, are formed of rows of upright Posts. Theseare of slender, delicate form; and take the place of the stouterbalauster. The usual materials for balausters are stone, terracotta, andwood; the Railiags, on the other hand, are of metal, or, in theirSimpler forms, of wood. In the last decades, cast-iron was the ma- 15* 228 Plate 140. The Parapet. SUPPORTS.
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