Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 252
are now generally separated by anarrow white line from the stone-work, and are composedof a stem with leaves turned off at regular intervals.The ground of the medalhons is now also diapered bywaving foliage derived from nature,— hawthorn, oak, vine,ivy, or leafage less obviously specific. The… … Tracery Window. 1550. decoration, of the time;. the heads of crosiers and othersimilar matters are also charmingly foliated. On theother hand, the hatched ground which gave effect to thetracery on white windows is nearly abandoned. White windows of a still simpler character than theolder ones are…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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