 | John Henry Parker - Architecture - 1845 - 438 pages
...diagonally from the opposite angles. DIAPER-WOHK.DIAPERING, YR.Diapre, IiAL.Diaspro, GER.©C= bliimte: an ornament of flowers applied to a plain surface,...placed close to each other, but occasionally . other arrangements are • used, • as at Canterbury cathedral; this kind of decoration was. first introduced... | |
 | John Henry Parker - 1850 - 562 pages
...which consists in covering it by the continual repetition of a small flower, leaf, or similar ornament, whether carved or painted ; if carved, the flowers...placed close to each other, but occasionally other arrangements are used, as at Canterbury cathedral. This kind of decoration was first introduced in... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...a small fractured piece of diamond Diaper ornament, of flowers, applied to a plain surface, either carved or painted: if carved, the flowers are entirely...are usually square, and placed close to each other, and are various in their pattern and design: it was first introduced in the Early English style in... | |
 | John Henry Parker - Architecture - 1866 - 326 pages
...tooth), ornaments resembling teeth, used in the bedmoulding of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices. Diaper-work, or Diapering, an ornament of flowers...Canterbury; this kind of decoration was first introduced in the Early English style, when it was sometimes applied to large spaces, as in Westminster Abbey and... | |
 | George Scharf - Great Britain - 1882 - 122 pages
...consists in covering it by the continual repetition " of a small flower, leaf, or similar ornament, whether carved or painted. If carved, " the flowers...." usually square and placed close to each other." (Vol. i. page 165, ed. 1850.) It may be noted that this method of decoration was first employed in... | |
 | George Scharf - Great Britain - 1882 - 130 pages
...or similar ornament.whethor carved or painted. If carved, " the flowers are entirely sunk into tho work below the general surface ; they are " usually square and placed close to each other." (Vol. i. page 165, ed. I860.) It may be noted that this method of decoration was first employed in... | |
 | John McClintock - Bible - 1887 - 1096 pages
...vacillating character. Sec Smith, Did. of Chritt. Biog. s. V. Diaper-work (or Diapering), in A rchileclurr, an ornament of flowers applied to a plain surface,...; this kind of decoration was first introduced in the Early EnpMnmmient of William de lish st-vlc' when il was soltlcValeuce, Westminster, times applied... | |
 | John McClintock - Bible - 1887 - 1096 pages
...vacillating character. See Smith, XHct. of Christ. Biog. sv Diaper-work (or Diapering), in A rchitettvre, an ornament of flowers applied to a plain surface,...below the general surface: they are usually square, anil placed close to each other, but occasionally other forms are used, as in the choirscreen of Canterbury... | |
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Diapering, an ornament of flowers applied to a plain surface, whether carved or painted ; if carved, the flowers are entirely sunk into the work below the general surface ; they are usually square, and placed close to each other... 
