Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 344
f into spiralsand scrolls, and were emphasized at intervals by little orna-mental knobs, such as may be seen in the ceiling of thegallery at Charlton House, Wiltshire. It was by no meansnecessary for the ceilings to be flat. Indeed, this kind ofdecoration was exactly suited for application to coved… … 164.—Part of a Ceiling from Sizergh Hale, Westmorland (now in SouthKensington Museum). the curved face of which is ornamented with a variation of theprincipal pattern. The end wall of the room is also decoratedin a similar way in the upper part where its shape is controlledby the curves of the…
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