An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 92
and were intended to be so bythe original architects who designed them, as at Copford,near Colchester, Essex. Originally the painting was on theplain surface of the cushion capital, but it was soon foundmore convenient, and to heighten the effect, to have thempartly carved and partly painted.…
Architecture
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