The science of taste: being a treatise on its principles (1879)
G. L · London, E. Stanford · leaf 93
ND COLOE. 75 in the Italian style ; and, when introduced within- doors, should be restricted to vestibules, staircases, and corridors, and even then placed, if possible, against dark or tinted grounds. Nor should white tablets be permitted to distract the eye, either in public gardens (Fig. 32), or… … THE ARRANGEMENT OF SHOP WINDOWS. intervening columns ; since these would both impart stability, and by contrast exhibit to the best advantage the goods displayed in the windows. Provided always that a brass or gilt beading, or something similar, be run round the columns to give a finish, to connect…
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