The Archive · 1928

Details of the Designs

There will be three rows of choir stalls on each side of the Chinee! and the design on each of the stalls is simple and dignified. Flowibg tracery and wavy foliage predomi ate and the use of pierced panels fon some of the stalls gives that feeling of grace which only light Provides when flecking a dark sur face. Terminating and surmounting each bench-end are "finials" of varied designs, carried out in fine feeling. A further classical note is shown in the carved angels' figures fat the end of each stall, holding up, as it were, the book-rest. In the carving of these figures a suggestive simplicity has, been adhered to which is far more effective than a profusion of detail. spiration.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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