Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education, by Chapman and Hall · leaf 67
FURNITURE . 55 lions of roofs of wood begun as early as the twelfth, and continued and improved through the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the period during which the finest … woodwork. The ties are supported by curved braces that descend like arches on the stone corbels made in the wall to receive them. These braces take two flights, being tied back where they meet by hammer beams into a lower part of the rafter. The lower brace upholds another upright or collar post…
Furniture · Woodwork
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