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Plate XXXIX.
   Is an elevation in the Arabesque style.   In the execution of this design
more than ordinary care will be required in obtaining a correct outline,
before
the painting of the ornament is commenced. In works of this kind, where a
number of pilasters are to be painted so as to correspond to each other,
it
is usual to make the outline first on a sheet of paper, and" then trace
it on
the wall at the distance required, which not only enables the artist to secure
correctness, but also saves much time. The colouring of Arabesque ornaments
may be varied to suit the taste of the employer, and there is no other style
of decoration which gives such opportunities of exercising a judicious taste.
                              DETAI LS.
                                  Plate XL.
 "This plate contains an enlarged view of one of the pilasters, to which
is
added one of a different design, which will not only give a choice, but also
exhibit the manner in which      n   -      b e.
     ... ... .......   v,.,, ... Valt~  C;  sox   as to  suit tUl he  Taste,
 to the intended expenditure.
                  Plate XLI.
s in the Pompeian style, and will be found easy of execution,
shed at a trifling expense.  The panels should be in Tyrian
_   _ ''1 *        ,..-'. ..       . .
ed wimt  crimson. The effect would be much impro
the new mode of flocking on the wall, for it woul
nd the ornament appear raised.  The ornament in
ngs of the pilasters should be gilded.    The orna
panel should be black, and also the internal sce
urbase is intended to be in scagliola, and to be I
I-antique.