Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . igure 193. Vestibule of the Octagon, Washington. William Thornton, 1798 to 1S00 1811—to mention datable examples. In the parapets of other houses these open-ings above the windows were filled not with balusters but with pierced interlacingcircles. Bulfinch introduced this treatment in his design for the houses at thefoot of Park Street, Boston, in 1804; it was brought to Portland the following year ^33 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE by Alexander Parris, who used it in the Hunnewell (Shepley) house (figure 112) andothers
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . igure 193. Vestibule of the Octagon, Washington. William Thornton, 1798 to 1S00 1811—to mention datable examples. In the parapets of other houses these open-ings above the windows were filled not with balusters but with pierced interlacingcircles. Bulfinch introduced this treatment in his design for the houses at thefoot of Park Street, Boston, in 1804; it was brought to Portland the following year ^33 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE by Alexander Parris, who used it in the Hunnewell (Shepley) house (figure 112) andothers. Benjamin published a detail for it in In the Swan house, Dorchester(figure 146), the open panels contained Chinese lattice, which Jefferson continued touse in balcony railings until his death in 1826. The John Andrew house, Salem(1818), had fan motives in the parapet, alternating with panels of balusters. The ambitions of architecture under the republic included the adornment ofbuildings with figure sculpture, but this was scarcely achieved on the exterior of. Figure 194. Stairs of the Barrell house, Charlestown. Charles Bulfinch, 1792 Courtesy of Ogden Codman domestic buildings. For his splendid house in Philadelphia Robert Morris broughtto America the Italian sculptor Iardella, who carved reliefs of playful allegoricalcherubs, in rococo manner, for panels above the windows. On the exterior friezesof some of the pavilions at the University of Virginia Jefferson employed reliefs incomposition, garlands with cherubs or ox-skulls. On the interior the leading features of the style of the early republic were thevariety of forms of space, the attenuation of proportions under Adam influence,and the enrichment of members by delicate Pompeian decoration. After 1825, 1 American Builders Companion, pi. HOUSES OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC with the victory of Greek forms, came reaction toward rectangular rooms, heavyproportions, and relative absence of ornament. Novel elements o
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