An apology for the colouring of the Greek Court in the Crystal Palace (1854)
Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library : And Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street · leaf 12
AN APOLOGY FOR THE 10 The only portions of the colouring of this court for which there is absolute authority, are the leaves on the moulding a, and the enrichments on the pilaster-caps, d, which are thus published by Mr. Penrose, in his work. Traces exist of the enrichment b, and the fret on the… … The colouring of the moulding A, which is known, is alone sufficient for our purpose. It establishes two broad principles for our guidance ; first, that of the alternation of colour, second, that the colours were so employed as best to define the moulding they enriched. Specks of blue and red (or,…
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) · Architecture, Greek -- Exhibitions · Decoration and ornament -- Greece -- Exhibitions · Exhibitions buildings -- England -- London · Grekisk arkitektur · Världsutställningar -- historia -- Storbritannien -- 1800-talet · Architecture, Greek · Decoration and ornament · Greece
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