Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical and descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1914)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford, ltd.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 215
from its former estate, has avery fine panelled room, in which the pilasters are richlydecorated with various simple patterns (Fig. 173). They sup-port a carved frieze, above which is a wood cornice, andabove this again is a modelled plaster frieze some two feetdeep, forming part of the handsome… … 172 PANELLING AS DECORATION (Fig. 176) with their greater freedom of treatment. Thevariation caused by adapting the same design to the narrowerpanel of the door in the middle bay is also a pleasant relief.The intention here was to rely upon the panelling itself for thedecoration of the room ; there…
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