Arthur Stratton · Series VI. Rectangular Plans Disposed for Internal Effect
Plate XXX. Rectangular Halls with Coved Ceilings
Plate XXX shows further dispositions of the rectangular apartment with clear floor space and interest centred in the coved ceiling. No. I has been selected from Italian practice and is typical of the ceiling treatment common to the halls and apartments of Italian palaces during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. No. II is a motive which is found in several of Sir Christopher Wren’s churches in the City of London, and by its simplicity recommends itself for the majority of meeting places.
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