Fig. 125.—Plaque in repoussé work. German 17th century.
have been treated in Chapter IV., and floors cannot have real panels, so upright rectangular panels may be taken first. Their simplest ornamentation is by moulding; if the mouldings have stopped ends, they are known as linen panels. When narrow and unmoulded they may be filled with symmetrical ornament
Fig. 126.—Venetian panel illustrating “balance” without symmetry.
on either side of an upright stem, either purely floral (Figs. [148] and [120]), or after the manner of pilaster panels, or the ornament may spring from vases at the bottom ([Fig. 127]), or they may have central medallions circular or oval, pateræ or bosses; and in cases where these narrow panels are in a long succession, each one may be varied, or the centres alone may be varied, if the size and weight of the centres be preserved; circular and oval panels in moulded frames should be avoided in woodwork on account of the chances of the mouldings splitting. In Saracenic and Moresque work the