Precise, factual guide for home restorers and nostalgia buffs provides descriptions, dimensions, prices, and nearly 300 illustrations of window frames, sashes, doors, blinds, mouldings, stair work, mantels, embossed and cut glass, brackets, scrollwork, wood drapery, balustrades, pew ends, pulpits, an... read more
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Precise, factual guide for home restorers and nostalgia buffs provides descriptions, dimensions, prices, and nearly 300 illustrations of window frames, sashes, doors, blinds, mouldings, stair work, mantels, embossed and cut glass, brackets, scrollwork, wood drapery, balustrades, pew ends, pulpits, and much more.
Reprint of Combined Book of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Stair Work, Mantels, and All Kinds of Interior and Exterior Finish, Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago, 1893.
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