Marble decoration and the terminology of British and foreign marbles : a handbook for students (1888)
Blagrove, George H · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 36
unin-tentionally, and is not always easily avoided. This is seenin the pattern, Fig. 9, from the Basilica of Santa MariaMaggiore. Here we have a series of rhombus-shapedslabs of porphyry and serpentine inlaid upon a ground oflight marble, producing the appearance of a series ofcubical blocks viewed… … 28 MARBLE DECORATION. the effect of direction, resulting in Fig. 9 from parallelrows of colours, being avoided. (55.) Coming to the consideration of mosaic work asapplied to wall surfaces, it may be remarked that here it is
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