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French Renaissance ceiling painting, (1898). Creator: Unknown.

French Renaissance ceiling painting, (1898). 'Figs 1 and 3: Painted ceilings of timbers in the Castle at Blois (François I), [16th century]. Figs 2 and 4: Painted binding-beams on the same ceilings. Fig 5: Painted span-ceiling in the Castle at Wideville (Louis XIII), [17th century]. Figs 6, 7 and 8: Painted binding-beams on the same ceiling...In this plate span-ceilings only are taken into consideration, the character of which is entirely preserved by the applied painting. Each single beam has a special painting, several of them together forming a pattern regularly repeated...The lateral faces of the beams have generally only one tone; the connecting beams however, are distinguished by a rich decoration on the sides and on the under face...'. Plate 63 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898].

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Title: French Renaissance ceiling painting, (1898). Creator: Unknown.

Caption: French Renaissance ceiling painting, (1898). 'Figs 1 and 3: Painted ceilings of timbers in the Castle at Blois (François I), [16th century]. Figs 2 and 4: Painted binding-beams on the same ceilings. Fig 5: Painted span-ceiling in the Castle at Wideville (Louis XIII), [17th century]. Figs 6, 7 and 8: Painted binding-beams on the same ceiling...In this plate span-ceilings only are taken into consideration, the character of which is entirely preserved by the applied painting. Each single beam has a special painting, several of them together forming a pattern regularly repeated...The lateral faces of the beams have generally only one tone; the connecting beams however, are distinguished by a rich decoration on the sides and on the under face...'. Plate 63 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

Technique/material: CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • LITHOGRAPH

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Image size: 3876 × 5682 px | 63.0 MB

Print size: 32.8 × 48.1 cm | 1526.0 × 2237.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • 17TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE • ARCHITECTURE • ART • ARTS • B T BATSFORD • B T • B. T. BATSFORD • B. T. • BATSFORD • BEAM • BEAMS • BOOK • BT BATSFORD • BT • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CEILING • CENTURY • CHATEAU DE BLOIS • CHATEAU • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • COUNTRY HOUSE • COUNTRY • DECORATIVE • DESIGN • DOLMETSCH • E HOCHDANZ • E. HOCHDANZ • E. • FLORAL • FLOWERED • FLUSH • FRANCE • FRENCH • H DOLMETSCH • H • H. DOLMETSCH • H. • HEINRICH DOLMETSCH • HEINRICH • HISTORIC STYLES OF ORNAMENT • HOCHD • HOCHDANZ • HOUSE • HOUSES • INDOORS • INSIDE • INTERIOR DECORATION • INTERIOR DESIGN • INTERIOR • LITERATURE • LITHOGRAPH • LOCATION • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ORNATE • PAINTED • PAINTING • PATTERN • PATTERNED • RENAISSANCE • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • SIXTEENTH CENTURY • STATELY HOME • STYLISED • XVI CENTURY