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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 200

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ian feature was the filling-up of the lower part 172 POMPEIIAN ORNAMENT of the flutings of stuccoed columns, to prevent thechipping and marring of the fragile arrises; sometimes aconvex flute or bead inserted in this portion protectedwithout quite filling the fluting, and this has become acommon… … iiili/in, d u., l~^^dh[DB&EPOi/Gm^ Sl>l><«IIIIIIII1IUI><ll>IIHIII!!>!M illlllllioi!: Fig. 198. Car\t:d Pompeiiax Rinceatj. details were adorned in like manner. One house isknown as the Casa del capitelli colorati, the House ofPainted Capitals, because of the perfect…

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