Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 290
pt. Apassage led from the atrium to the principal privaterecej3tion-room, called the peristylium, which had a roofpartly open to the sky. This room was the finest in thehouse, and was richly decorated with rare marbles, bronzes,and fresco paintings where the owner was wealthy.Round the peristyle… … Fig. 322.—Ogee Decorated, and Astragal; Jupiter Stator. were behind, as also were the various sleeping-rooms.Some of the rooms were badly lighted, and had to dependfor the light from the doors or artificial light, butin some cases windows, rather small in size, were placedhigh up in the walls. The…
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