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The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (1841)

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · London, J. Weale · leaf 57

An illustration from The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott, 1841, leaf 57 — and intention should always be considered : they are suspended across windows and other openings to exclude cold and wind, and as they are not always required to be drawn, they are hung to rings sliding on rods, to be opened or closed at pleasure : as there must necessarily be a space between this… … and ugly draperies, which are not only "useless Tin protecting the^iarnber from cold, but are the depositories of thick layers of dust, and in London not unfrequently become the strong-holds of vermin. It is not less ridiculous to see canopies of tomb and altar screens set up

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