Ornamental drawing, and architectural design. With notes, historical and practical. Upwards of 200 illustrations (1857)
Burn, Robert Scott · London, Ward and Lock · leaf 25
21 AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. Example 28, fig. 35, is a combination of lines and circles met with in the arrangement of a “ ceiling.” The centres a , b, c, d are placed at the corners of a square, the side of which is equal to the distance a b ; those of the smaller circles, as f g, h i, are formed… … fig. 35. diagonal square, the side of which is equal to g h ; the centre e is at the intersection of the two diagonals of the larger square, as a c, b d. These points being obtained, the remainder of the figure, and its repeti- tion to any extent desired may be easily drawn. We now present a…
Architecture · Decoration and ornament
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