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Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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red mortar to make it a one-color surface tocontrast with the panels of cement. The horizon-tal line of the window-apron, which is the techni- cs 926 BOYS ROOMS (Aug., cal name of the strip of wood beneath thewindow-sill, has been continued around the wallsto form a horizontal line division. The brick-work above is covered with a smooth coat ofcement plastering and then paneled off to cor-respond with the window-sashes. In this way thehigh windows do not look as lonesome as cellarwindows so often do, for they are made a vitalpart of the decorative wall treatment. material and your feeling for lines; how you canmake your furniture strong not only in construc-tion, but in those imaginative qualities which willmake it a bond between you and past ages anddistant lands. A piece of furniture is more thanan article of utility. The seat in the carpentershop, for instance, was suggested by a childsGothic chair of the early fifteenth century, whichis now in Dr. Figdors collection at Vienna. The
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ANOTHER WORKSHOP. In these illustrations we have taken every-dayrooms and furnished them with every-day prac-tical furniture. The carpenter shop is, for in-stance, our own home laundry fitted up with awork-bench, a stool for sawing, a small toolcabinet, and a seat for the comfortable study ofplans and directions. But our purpose is not onlyto show you a practical every-day workshop. Itis to show* you how you can make this practicalevery-day workshop beautiful through an empha-sis on all that makes it a workshop and throughan understanding of the fundamental laws ofbeauty. It is to show you how you can makewalls rich in meaning through your knowledge of early fifteenth century was marked by the grow-ing importance of cities rich in industry and com-merce. The gilds of craftsmen formed not onlythe very backbone of this prosperity, but theylaid the foundation of the new culture as well. Itwas the time when the most famous Gothic gild-halls, patrician city houses, and town halls inEurope

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