Fig. 129.—Wine crater in silver from the Hildesheim treasures. Antique Roman.
must never be wholly ornamented (see [Fig. 128]); sometimes they may be wholly plain, but if there be several mouldings, it is well to slightly enrich one member to connect the frame with the panel and detach it from the plain stiles and rails; these should never be carved when enriched panels are used. When great richness is required, and the panels are carved, inlay or incised ornament is the best form of enrichment for the stiles and rails.
Fig. 130.—Cinque-cento floral ornament composed of the acanthus, oak leaf, convolvulus, and wild rose, &c.
The fifth division.—Compound shapes such as spandrels, segmental pediments, compound panels, and tail-pieces (Figs. [134], [135]), the last known in France under the name of “lamp bottoms,” some arms and pieces of armour and some utensils ([Fig. 133]).
Fig. 131.—Gothic spandrel from Stone Church in Kent.