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Ornamental interiors, ancient & modern (1887)

Smith, J. Moyr · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 224

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designs by this artist balance each other, and there is a certain agreement in the horizontal lines running through the three pictures ; so that, considering the unsatis- factory state of figure decoration in England at the time, these must be regarded as very creditable performances. The other end… … has raised ornament in colours and gold; the ceiling has heraldic and other emblematical devices in colours, emphasised in parts by gilding. Flights of marble steps between each of the pedestals of the arcade lead to a higher level space, which has walls of sienna or golden-

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