 | William Laxton - 1857 - 500 pages
...into 20 compartments by moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from pure gold, the spffita being in ornamental patterns, and the edges touching...Each compartment contains a circular-headed window, 27 feet high and 12 feet wide, with three panels above, the central one being medallion-shaped, the... | |
 | Lovell Reeve - 1864 - 208 pages
...ranges form 25 miles of shelves. The inner surface of the dome is divided into 20 compartments by the moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed gold, the suffites being in ornamental patterns, and the edges touching the adjoining margins fringed with a... | |
 | 1865 - 642 pages
...therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty...gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed gold, the soffitea being in ornamental patterns, and the edges touching the adjoining margins fringed with a... | |
 | British museum dept. of pr. books - 1871 - 392 pages
...room therefore has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described. The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty compartments by the moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed gold, the soffites being in ornamental... | |
 | Robert Cowtan - 1873 - 104 pages
...spaced for the size of the average octavo volume, the entire ranges form twenty-five miles of shelves. The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty compartments by the moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed gold ; the suffites being in ornamental... | |
 | Robert Cowtan - 1873 - 106 pages
...spaced for the size of the average octavo volume, the entire ranges form twenty-five miles of shelves. The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty compartments by the moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed gold ; the suffites being in ornamental... | |
 | Louis Fagan - 1880 - 426 pages
...therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty...twenty-seven feet high and twelve feet wide, with three panels above, the central one being medallion-shaped, the whole bordered with gilt mouldings and lines,... | |
 | Louis Alexander Fagan - 1880 - 414 pages
...therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty...twenty-seven feet high and twelve feet wide, with three panels above, the central one being medallion-shaped, the whole bordered with gilt mouldings and lines,... | |
 | Louis Fagan - 1881 - 422 pages
...therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty...contains a circular-headed window, twenty-seven feet high aiid twelve feet wide, with three panels above, the central one being medallion-shaped, the whole bordered... | |
 | British museum dept. of pr. books - 1884 - 46 pages
...therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty...Each compartment contains a circular-headed window, 27 feet high and 12 feet wide, with three panels above, the central one being medallion-shaped, the... | |
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The Great Room, therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty compartments by moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed... 
