Inside Out Library · Explore

The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 203

An illustration from The Decorator's assistant, 1847, leaf 203
el. The rood-screen is of carved oak,with the rood, and figures of the Virgin Maryand St. John. It has a stained-glass window,by Messrs. Ward and Nixon. The roof of thenave is open, and the ceiling of the chancel isemblazoned in colours and gold; the panelsare powdered with stars, and contain… … N these days it is animportant object for theadvancement of taste indecoration to impressupon the minds of ma-nufacturers —particularlythose of ornamentalgoods—the necessity fortheir departing fromthe old beaten trackwhich never leads toK^^jvyji novelty or improvement,f jflEffiiUn JK and entering…

Design · Decoration and ornament · Art

Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The Decorator's assistant

More like this