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Elementary principles of ornament (1890)

Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 61

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63 roofs. The decoration on these parts, when constructedto cover the surface uniformly, is best when it starts from 48 ELEMENTARY the springing of the arches and meets at the apex ; thistreatment would class it with pilaster decoration, and ofcourse a perpendicular band -ornament. Panelling… … being really a kind of ceiling, or something between aceiling and a pilaster (as far as the decoration of it isconcerned), and so may with propriety be treated aseither in decoration. As to pilaster decoration, if in re-lief, this should be low, and although some of the minor

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