Marble decoration and the terminology of British and foreign marbles : a handbook for students (1888)
Blagrove, George H · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 37
Fig. 9. desirable that the pattern should be expressive of direction,either vertical or horizontal. If, for example, we have along, low wall surface, we may wish to impart an appear- … Fig. 10. ance of height to it by an arrangement of lines expressingvertically. This could be done by the use of the patternshown in Fig. 7, from the dado of the Hall of Justice inthe Alhambra, of thirteenth centurv date. The black inthe diagram represents dark blue, the other colours beingpale…
Marble · Decoration and ornament · Marble industry and trade
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
