A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 455
Di.vpKit: Kl-Bai!.\h in Svbia;Ckxtuuv. .rrii TO Gth DIAPER. A i)attern for the decoration ofa fiat or unbroken surface, Ionsisting of tlie con-785 DIDRON stant repetition of one, two, or more simplefigures which connect with one another more orless closely. A ]iattern consist-ing of… … Dlipf.r on Doorwav, NortrSide of Choir (PortkRouge), Notre Dasie,Paris. ing or passinginto one an-other. Thus, ifa broken or wav-ing line constantly repeated and constantlycrossing itself divides the surface into alterna-tions of larger and smaller convex and concavespaces, and if each one of these…
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