Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 110
tripof twenty inches broad by 214 feet in length, and was annually hungup round the nave of the church of Bayeux, on St. Johns day only.This great example of needlework, it is almost certain, is not laterthan 1100; but it is an exceptional work, stood in place of painting,and throws little light on… … HALL AND SOLAR, OR CHAMBER. 95 Wainscoting was in partial use in this century, and ismentioned in royal residences and in the domestic buildingsof monasteries. Some ornamental patterns seem to havebeen invented, which were coloured; the boards were tobe radiated and coloured in a chamber in…
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