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Modern ornamentation
RIBA6381
SOURCE: Christopher Dresser. Modern ornamentation (London, 1886), pl. 15
Acropolis, Athens: conjectural coloured decoration on the temples from the Report of the Elgin Marbles Committee, read by W. R. Hamilton at the RIBA on 24 July 1837
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NOTES: The Committee was set up to investigate the use of colour in the original decoration of the sculpture (recently brought from the Parthenon at Athens to the British Museum, London).
Title page of the 'Vedute di Roma'
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SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 1
Design for a Christmas card
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NOTES: This image is a detail of RIBA20073, where the design can be seen pasted onto a larger sheet with other greetings card designs.
Working drawing for alterations and additions to Llangoed Castle: the lead achievement on the front of the porch
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NOTES: Llangoed Castle dates from 1632.
Examples of Egyptian decoration motifs
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SOURCE: John Pennethorne. The geometry and optics of ancient architecture (London, 1878), part V, pl. VIII
Decorations for spandrils and timber roof in medieval style
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SOURCE: George Ashdown Audsley and Maurice Ashdown Audsley. The practical decorator and ornamentist (Glasgow, 1892), pl. LIX
Corner ornaments for panels in free Renaissance style
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SOURCE: George Ashdown Audsley and Maurice Ashdown Audsley. The practical decorator and ornamentist (Glasgow, 1892), pl. LXIII
Conventional rendering of an architectural order in Neo-grec style
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SOURCE: George Ashdown Audsley and Maurice Ashdown Audsley. The practical decorator and ornamentist (Glasgow, 1892), pl. XCVI