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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 1683 959 ^T= ■mrm i^ I II II II II II II I productive of effect. A building in all other respects plain, with rusticated coins, and a blocking cornice, such as e, with similar cornices under the window siUs, will produce a striking effect, without any other exterior decoration. d"29. Window Dressings are fine sources of character. In fig. 1684, a and h are the 1684 c I plainest forms in general use ; and, when properly and not too profiisely introduced in an elevation, their effect is excellent. Palladio occasionally uses the form c. In fig. 1685, d is a specimen of a circular-headed ^^g g=- 5^ 1 gg^ window with a balcony. Balconies are used by the Italians in most situations ; and they are most desir- able objects, not only for their in- ■ ., dividual beauty, and their architec- J tural effect, but as places for dis- playing flowers ; and, as a writer in the Mechanics' Magazine has observed, as places to go out on in case of fire, when there are no means of internal descent. The straight-headed window, e, in this figure is highly architectural, and is well fitted for a rustic basement. Fig. 1686 is a row of circular- headed windows, with a balcony, which forms one of the most striking features in the elevations of Italian villas. It