A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and parts (1888)
Field, George, 1777?-1854, Davidson, Ellis A., d. 1878 · London : Crosby Lockwood · leaf 226
rocket consisted, in the first place, merely of the pastoral crook, but soon became an orna- ment formed of the tre- foil. Fig. 30 is one of the earliest, and is taken from Lincoln Cathedral. The finial consists of a bunch of crockets placed at the apex of the spires. Fig. 31. In the Decorated… … employed as the bases, are not com- Fig. 32. pleted in themselves, so as to stand out individually, but merge into each other : thus pro- ducing the most graceful forms, which have been called " flame-like" compartments. In the Decorated period the capitals are either bell-
Colors · Painting -- Technique
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