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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 385

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e oaken ceilings of halls andchurches; these will be discussed later. Moldings were generally richer, more minute andmore varied tlian the French,more subtile in profile, andmore often enriched, as al-ready explained Fig. 365).The English composed theirgroups of Gothic moldingsso as to produce… … Fig. 3T1. East Window,Rauxds, Northants. SCHOOLS OF GOTHIC ORNAMENT falling-off in vigor and effectiveness: the hollows areflatter and broader, the rolls and bowtels less vigorousin their contrast with the hollows. The howtel—a roll-molding with a slightly salient lip or fillet, giving it analmost…

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