Identifier: studiointernatio51lond (find matches)
Title: Studio international
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: London, Cory, Adams & Mackay (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Be/on restoration RUNTON OLD HALL, NORFOLK: VIEW FROM SOUTH-WEST, AND GROUND PI W 01 I B FORI VND UIIK RESTORATION AND 1 LARGEMENT. M. H. BAILLIE S LRCHITEl and executed on the spol bj the i lerk of theworks, and the walls panelled The garden was then developed on thi amilines .1 the house, and as the site is subject tocold winds, iis planning involved sub-divisions bywalls oi flints, the archways in which are on thelines of the main vista effects. These archwaj :ar< fitted with rough doors madi ol reeds, which stillfurthei protect the garden from cold winds. Thefinal touch i this garden scheme was added b) Miss Jekyll, who ai I th< 9iiwers to secure well thought out ■■< hemes of coloui at all seasons. In such a house one of the most impiutanlelements is the flint walling. Until one has seen 22S Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
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Sk> ■ >1 K : THE 1 I INC GALLER1 M. II. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITEI I FOR nil. RESTORATION really high-class modem work it is difficult to imagine how uninteresting Hint walls ran In- made tnj oM i ottage will give a hint as to tin- possibilities of beauty in variations in sui !i a way, Bints a kind of rudr natural mosaic of pearlv- ith infinite • • I n mostjoints the flints, while in ind in ing itself— as an art. Itconsists mainly in theproper education of mate-rials, and this educationconsists of the expression I of the qualities of each material used. Givingup the modern buildingideal of the perfectljstraight line and perfectlysmooth surface, we seekto express character ofmaterial by variations intexture of surface andvariations in character ofline. The oak beams andjoists of tlie ceilings aremade of a material whichhas a definite grain, andso slight deflections inthese lines suggest anil ex-press that quality, and thebeams take to themselvessomething of the char

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