International studio (26.1905)

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"MILLING'

DESIGNED BY ELMER E. GARNSEY, PAINTED BY ARTHUR R. WILLET

the octagon plan to the round of the dome. The
relation of these paintings to their surroundings
should prove particularly interesting in point of
colour, owing to the variety employed in the ro-
tunda: the shafts of dark purplish grey polished
granite, the columns above of Breche Violette, the
staircase at the sides of Hauteville marble of a
lighter grey tone, the panels and balustrades of
Skyros marble, the gold overlay of the capitals and
the general warm tone of the solid work.

The vaulting above the pendentives, in twelve
divisions, is painted with ornament by Mr. Garnsey,
who contributes also the decorations of the House of
Representatives. This is a semicircular room in the
transverse axis of the building, which lies to the
rear of the rotunda at the north. The general back-
ground of the decoration of the House, in key with
the buff limestone, is in gold, as in the frieze about
the skylights and the pendentives, relieved with
ivory grey and green arabesques and penetrations


"MINING" DESIGNED BY ELMER E. GARNSEY, PAINTED BY ARTHUR R. WILLET

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