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Practical house decoration : a guide to the art of ornamental painting, the arrangement of colours in apartments and the principles of decorative design : with some remarks upon the nature and properties of pigments (1886)

Facey, James William · London : Crosby Lockwood · leaf 50

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ve due effect to the turn of the leaf and to show the reverse of the scroll. The bird, the jewelled crown, &c., could be effectively given in self colours. The brilliant and fantastic colourings of the Moresque style have, where the architectural conditions have been suitably arranged, been most… … Fig. 5. — Panel Centre Ornament (French). rose-coloured glass, and having, moreover, a sparkling foun¬ tain in the centre of the floor, may be quoted as a remark¬ ably successful application of the Moresque motif to modern requirements. Bedrooms. — The colours chosen are usually of the lightest…

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