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Melchet Court, near Romsey, Hampshire: a bedroom with a four poster bed
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NOTES: The original house was built by Henry Clutton in 1863. It was rebuilt by Clutton in 1875-1879 after fire damage in 1873. It was bought by Lord Melchett in 1911and further re-modelled in 1912-1914 by Darcy Braddell.
British Empire Building, 620 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York: the entrance with bas relief of Hermes representing commerce by Lee Lawrie
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NOTES: The Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in Midtown Manhattan. The original complex of 14 Art Deco style buildings, commissioned by the Rockefeller family and named after John D. Rockefeller Jr., was designed by an association of architects under the leadership of Raymond Hood and was built in 1931-1940. The 70-storey GE Building (known as the RCA building until 1988) forms the centrepiece of the complex and opened in 1933.
La Maison Francaise, 610 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Centre, New York: entrance with bas relief of 'The Sower' by Lee Lawrie
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NOTES: The Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in Midtown Manhattan. The original complex of 14 Art Deco style buildings, commissioned by the Rockefeller family and named after John D. Rockefeller Jr., was designed by an association of architects under the leadership of Raymond Hood and was built in 1931-1940. The 70-storey GE Building (known as the RCA building until 1988) forms the centrepiece of the complex and opened in 1933.
Greek ornament no. 1: examples of Greek frets from vases and pavements
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SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XV
Greek ornament no. 2: patterns from Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum and Louvre Museum
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SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XVI
Greek ornament no. 3: patterns from Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum and Louvre Museum
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SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XVII
Greek ornament no. 4: patterns from Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum and Louvre Museum
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SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XVIII