Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . [Fig. [Fig. 13.] In the gable, Fig. 13, theroof or cornice of which shouldproject at least twenty inchesover the wall, is shown a spe-cimen of feathered traceryfrom one of the best examples,with its pinnacle and may be cut out of thickplank,* and if thought tooelaborate, may be simplifiedby omitting the minor well executed it will havea rich effect. The porch and veranda is shown in detail in Fig. 14; * Never (as is sometimes

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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 . [Fig. [Fig. 13.] In the gable, Fig. 13, theroof or cornice of which shouldproject at least twenty inchesover the wall, is shown a spe-cimen of feathered traceryfrom one of the best examples,with its pinnacle and may be cut out of thickplank,* and if thought tooelaborate, may be simplifiedby omitting the minor well executed it will havea rich effect. The porch and veranda is shown in detail in Fig. 14; * Never (as is sometimes done by ignorant carpenters) out of inch boards. 48 COTTAGE RESIDENCES. the detached portion on the right showing a part of theveranda cornice, and that on the left a portion of the clus-tered column. (The sections of which are seen at the lowerends of the drawing.)

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