Ornamental treasures : a collection of designs from India, China, Japan, Italy, Germany, France. etc., of all styles and times comprising 100 plates (1912)
Dolmetsch, H · New York : R. Davis · leaf 210
of which is entirely preserved by the applied painting. Each single beam has a special painting, several of them to- gether forming a pattern regularly repeated (Fig. i, 3, 5). The lateral faces of the beams have generally only one tone; the connecting beams however, are distinguished by a rich… … Fig. 9. Ceiling, after an original design for the room of Marie de Medicis at the Luxemburg Palace, Paris. Fig. I and 3. Painted soffits of joists in the Chateau de Blois (Francois 1 period). I and 4. Painted soffits of binders of the same ceilings. „ 5. Painted soffits of joists in a French…
Decoration and ornament
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