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 18
ry, as the ornaments may have been readily repainted without it. In the three centre bays we have attempted a still higher key of colour. The ornaments of the coffers are suggested by No. 2, from the coffers of the Propylsea. MOULDINGS ENCLOSING THE PANATHENAIC FRIEZE. The enrichment a, and the… … Architrave Band, as published by Mr. Penrose. The principle of colouring on the moulding a helps to the colouring of the frets B and c, which, placed in the original 40 feet from the ground, would have been invisible in gold alone or any other tint.
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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