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Ornamental interiors, ancient & modern (1887)

Smith, J. Moyr · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 162

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ORNAMENTAL INTERIORS. 1 06 The chimney-piece, which is of cream-coloured marble with red veins, has a square opening ; the consoles over the opening have carved acanthus leaves and fluted ovolas ; over the consoles are pilasters, fluted in the upper part and carved in the lower, … the caps being Italian in character. Above the capitals are two pairs of tiny semicircular arches, with square-formed mouldings around them, the mouldings between each of the two arches being supported by a little carved bracket. Each of the spaces between the pilasters has a central panel, upright…

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