e it. 124 THE DECORATOR S ASSISTANT. En Jllustratetr (ffiflossarB of Ceciintcal Cerms Msetr in Ercfjitectural antj interior Becoration, ^c» [cWtinued from page 114.] Elgin Marbles, (in the archaiology ofarchitecture and sculpture), a series ofancient sculptured marbles, named afterThomas Earl of… … These miracles of ancient art belongedoriginally to the temple of Minerva Parthenon, and to some other edifices on theAcropolis at Athens. Their ancient history iswell known; they were imagined anddirected by Phidias, and executed in partsby his chisel, were for more than seven hundred years the…
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