Marble decoration and the terminology of British and foreign marbles : a handbook for students (1888)
Blagrove, George H · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 65
an be detached from the remainder.The difficulty has been met in Fig. 27, by leaving hereand there some small connecting pieces of marble, which,however, form no part of the design. The expedient is asomewhat clumsy one, and might easily have been avoided.The labour involved in such carving as this… … CARVING IN RELIEF. 57 (91.) With reference to the second class of ornamentmentioned at the commencement of the chapter—that whichis raised above the surface—probably the simplest kinds arethose formed with bands or fillets in slight relief. Amongstthese may be mentioned the well-known Greek frets…
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