Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century; general view of the plateresque and Herrera styles (1917)
Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941 · New York, London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 402
ll these stairwayspossess a decorative feature encountered only in Palma—thesimulated baluster cut from sheet iron, as seen in all the stairsillustrated. The eye is never deceived into taking these flatspindles for the round, and it is precisely because they lookflat that they are admirable. The… … 373 OLD PALACES IN PALMA DE MALLORCA 375 intermediate supports are tipped with brass. Such balustradesconstitute about the only use of decorative ironwork in Palmaarchitecture. The window reja is conspicuously absent, andthe few balconies are of Baroque ironwork. PALMA DE A^ALLOR.CA i PALACIO VIVOT
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