While windows are meant to be looked through, we think it's important to appreciate the aesthetic and functional value that traditional wooden windows offer buildings. Our newest fieldnote offers a brief history of these windows, with a focus on the development of glass technology and varieties of muntin bars.
This illustration from Asher Benjamin's 1798 The Country Builders Assistant shows three new styles for muntin's, the bars in traditional windows that hold the panes of glass.
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