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A. Welby Pugin: The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture London: 1841 Sp Coll q58 |
New Sheffield pattern for a modern Castellated Grate Page 23 ... the inconsistencies of modern grates, which are not
infrequently made to represent diminutive fronts of castellated or
ecclesiastical buildings with turrets, loopholes, windows, and doorways, all in
a space of forty inches ... it is impossible to enumerate half the absurdities
of modern metal workers; but these proceed from the false notion of disguising
instead of beautifyng articles of utility (p. 23). |