The Country House 



commended, as a door wide enough to look well thus treated w T ould, under ordinary 

 circumstances, be wide enough to be made openly a double door. 



Those who may be tempted by the fascinating lines of the Japanese will do well 



to study the original 

 models; for while 

 these, in their existing 

 form, are hardly 

 practical if copied 

 blindly, they never- 

 theless suggest great 

 possibilities in adap- 

 tation. The style is 

 marked for its bold 

 and graceful lines 

 and its elaborate carv- 

 ing contrasted with 

 plain surfaces. Tin- 

 usual door is simple 

 in its lower half, and 

 has inserted in its up- 

 per half a carved and 

 perforated panel of 

 teak. 



Early outside 

 doors in America 

 were usually hung on 

 strong, substantial, 

 iron s t r a p hinges, 

 with box locks, and 

 were further re- 

 inforced by a door bar 

 of oak, which swung 

 on a bolt from the 

 hinge side of the door 

 into a socket on the 

 other side. 



As has already 

 been stated, very 

 early doors, being 



Street entrance to Royal House, Medford, Mass. This doorway is almost perfect. The 1 ' 



proportions and mouldings are simple and good pi VOl, 



revolved, and are 



termed pivot doors. The hinge superseded the pivot, and has been used in one 

 form or another ever since. The box lock (which was attached to the outside 

 of the lock rail) has continued in use on the Continent, but has been replaced 

 in England and America by the mortise lock. The mortise lock was introduced 

 into England toward the end of the eighteenth century. 



