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The arts connected with building: lectures on craftsmanship and design delivered at Carpenters hall, London wall, for the worshipful company of carpenters (1909)

Davison, T. Raffles (Thomas Raffles), 1853-1937 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 179

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Temple of Diana at Ephesus, now set up in the British Museum, or Sir Christopher Wren’s buildings, notably St Paul’s Cathedral and St Stephen’s Church, Walbrook, or Inigo Jones’s Banqueting Hall in Whitehall. Ornament, no doubt, does add to the interest and beauty of furniture, if it is suitable… … A Ted, designed Ty Charles Spooner. workmanship which approaches to the machine standard is nearly as bad. ddie kind of wood, as well as the size and character of the thing, will suggest how the ornament should be done — I mean whether it should be carved, inlaid, or painted. I think oak looks…

Worshipful Company of Carpenters (London, England) · Architecture · Decoration and ornament · Interior decoration

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