CHAPTER IX

COLOUR DECORATION IN ENGLAND 113

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. SKETCH DESIGN FOR A WALL DECORATION IN FRESCO. By Author _Frontispiece_

2. FRESCOES IN THE CHAPEL OF ST. PETER MARTYR, CHURCH OF ST. EUSTORGIO, MILAN 9

3. DESIGN IN COLOUR FOR THE DECORATION OF PARK GREEN CHURCH, MACCLESFIELD. By Author 10

4. ST. MICHAEL: FROM A PAINTING ON THE ROOD SCREEN, RANWORTH CHURCH, NORFOLK. English, Early Sixteenth Century. From Water-colour by W. Davidson 14

5. DESIGN IN COLOUR FOR THE DECORATION OF THE TOWN HALL, MACCLESFIELD. By Author 18

6. COLOUR ARRANGEMENT FOR THE DECORATION OF A ROOM 20

7. THREE SUGGESTIONS OF COLOUR TINTS FOR PAINTED WALLS OR PAPERHANGINGS, AS BACKGROUNDS FOR FRAMED PICTURES 23

8. DESIGN IN COLOUR FOR THE DECORATION OF A MORNING ROOM CEILING AT QUEEN’S GATE, LONDON. By Author 27

9. DECORATED MOULDINGS: FROM THE ROOD SCREEN, RANWORTH CHURCH, NORFOLK. English, Early Sixteenth Century. Drawn by W. Davidson 28

10. DESIGN IN COLOUR FOR A FRIEZE DECORATION. By Author 30

11. COLOUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR DOORS AND WOODWORK 33

12. MOSAIC PANEL: FROM THE CARTOON OF THE MOSAIC IN ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, LONDON: MELCHIZEDEK BLESSING ABRAHAM. By Sir W. B. Richmond, K.C.B., R.A. 52

13. APPROXIMATE CHANGE IN CERTAIN COLOURS WHEN SEEN IN ARTIFICIAL LIGHT 57

14. MODEL OF CHAPEL OF ST. CATHERINE IN THE CHURCH OF ST. MAURIZO, MILAN. Victoria and Albert Museum 58

15. MOSAIC DECORATION: CHURCH OF ST. JOHN LATERAN, ROME. By Jacopo Torriti. 1287-1292 60

16. PORTION OF THE ORNAMENT IN MOSAIC OF THE WINDOW REVEALS: CHURCH OF ST. JOHN LATERAN, ROME 61

17. ITALIAN GOTHIC DECORATION IN THE CHURCH OF ST. ANASTASIA AT VERONA 62

18. DECORATION OF A PORTION OF ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE MACCHIAVELLI PALACE, FLORENCE. From a Model in the Victoria and Albert Museum 63

19. PORTION OF A COLOURED CEILING DECORATION BY GIULIO ROMANO, IN THE PALAZZO VECCHIO AT MANTUA. Sixteenth Century 65

20. ARABESQUE DECORATIONS IN THE DUCAL PALACE, MANTUA. By Giulio Romano. Sixteenth Century 68

21. COLOURED DECORATION OF PORTION OF A CEILING IN THE VATICAN. By Raffaelle. Sixteenth Century 71

22. DECORATION OF THE BOUDOIR OF MADAME DE SERILLY, NOW IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. French, Eighteenth Century 76

23. ANOTHER PORTION OF THE ABOVE BOUDOIR DECORATION 77

24. DECORATION IN COLOUR OF A GROINED CEILING IN THE CHURCH OF ST. JACQUES, LIÉGE, 1522-1588 100

25. EXAMPLE OF DIAPER ORNAMENT, LARGELY USED IN ITALIAN, GERMAN AND ENGLISH DECORATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 104

26. EXAMPLE OF DIAPER ORNAMENT, USED IN DECORATION 112

27. EXAMPLE OF DIAPER ORNAMENT, USED IN DECORATION 113

28. SAINT GEORGE. FROM THE ROOD SCREEN, RANWORTH CHURCH, NORFOLK. From a Water-colour by W. Davidson, Architect 121

29. DECORATED MOULDINGS, FROM THE ROOD SCREEN, MARSHAM CHURCH, NORFOLK. Drawn by W. Davidson 122

30. DECORATED MOULDINGS, FROM THE ROOD SCREEN, CAWSTON CHURCH, NORFOLK. Drawn by W. Davidson 123

31. PORTION OF CEILING DECORATION, CHOIR OF ST. ALBANS ABBEY 125

32. DECORATION ON THE ROOD SCREEN, RANWORTH CHURCH, NORFOLK. Drawn by W. Davidson 126

33. PORTION OF ROOM DECORATION FORMERLY EXISTING AT SHEEN HOUSE, SURREY. Eighteenth Century 130

34. PORTION OF STAIRCASE DECORATION IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. By F. W. Moody 131

COLOUR DECORATION OF ARCHITECTURE