Timber-Framed House

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Timber-framed house.

Artist

Name:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Dates:: 1814-1879
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Buildings & Monuments
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Guillaumot, Eugène
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, vol. 7
Author:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Publisher:: Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1875
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Description:

View of the facade of a timber-framed house probably dating to the middle of the twelfth century. Timber framing was one the most common types of structure at the time.
The sketches for this illustration were done in the year 1834 in Dreux, where Viollet-le-Duc witnessed the destruction of the house—or what remained of it.

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{{cite web | title=Timber-Framed House | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/timber-framed-house/ | author=Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel | year=1875 | access-date=November 21, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}