A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 496
ator of cultivated taste. IGl. Where, for instance, the ornament on a door panelwould be lost in the effulgence of a profusely decoratedmolding, gild only the narrow fillet next the panel, paintingthe body or carved portion of the molding in some harmoni-ous tint. Waste of gold leaf is thus… … Fig. 57 such as shown in Fig. 58. If, on the other hand, the mold-ing of the door panel be exceptionally broad, and it be desir-able to break the solidity of its appearance, cut on a stencilpaper some simple ornament, such as a succession of trian-gular notches, the dogs tooth, or any running…
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