. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . ed in small squares called diaper-work, which is helieved to have originated in an imi-tation of the rich hangings then in general use, andwhich bore the same name. These diaper patterns (137)were originally coloured in imitation of the silks fromwhich they were copied,and which at an earlyperiod came from the East,though they were after-wards imitated by theEuropean manufacturersin Belgium and Erance,particularly at Ypres andEheims. This kind ofornament was used in theEarly English style, as inthe choir of WestminsterAbbey, but it more c
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . ed in small squares called diaper-work, which is helieved to have originated in an imi-tation of the rich hangings then in general use, andwhich bore the same name. These diaper patterns (137)were originally coloured in imitation of the silks fromwhich they were copied,and which at an earlyperiod came from the East,though they were after-wards imitated by theEuropean manufacturersin Belgium and Erance,particularly at Ypres andEheims. This kind ofornament was used in theEarly English style, as inthe choir of WestminsterAbbey, but it more com-monly belongs to the Decorated style. The Pillaes have no longer detached shafts, andthe capitals are ornamented with foliage of a differentcharacter from that which preceded it (138), as hasbeen mentioned. The flat surfaces in niches and monu-ments, on screens, and in other situations, are coveredwith delicately carved patterns, called diaper-work,representing foliage, and flowers; among which areintroduced birds and insects, and sometimes dogs or. 137. Lincoln ornament. 176 DECORATED PILLARS. other animals, all executed with much care and ac-curacy, and proving that the art-ists of that time drew largelyfrom nature, the fountain-headof all perfection in art, to whichall who are not content to bemere copyists of their predeces-sors must apply themselves. Insome recent instances of the re-vival of the Decorated style, thefoliage has been sculptured fromnature with great success. Thesculpture of the human figure inthe early Decorated period is re-markable for the ease and chaste-ness of the attitudes, and the freeand graceful, though at the sametime rich, folds of the figures can surpass in sim-plicity and beauty the effigy ofQueen Eleanor in WestminsterAbbey, and those on the crosseserected to her memory are almostequally fine, especially those onthe ]!^orthampton cross (139) ;those at Waltham have been mutilated and cross at Gedding
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