The Studio yearbook of applied art (1921)

HADDON HALL

proportions of the panels on the walls, being much longer in height than
width, suggest the influences of Gothic design (pp. 24 and 27), and each
panel is surrounded by a simple moulding worked on the actual framing
and mitred at the corners. The rich narrow frieze, set off to fullest ad-
vantage by the simple panelling, is happily placed. No more suitable
type of ornamentation could have been employed, nor could better use
have been made of the carved work, which is full of spirit and vitality,
and gives many charming contrasts of light and shade.

While the woodwork in the dining-room is thoroughly English in char-
acter, that in the Long Gallery shews the development of panelling
carried a stage further. The wainscot in this fine apartment was erected
when the Manners family had succeeded to Haddon, and it was in their
time that Renaissance motives were first introduced in the decorations
of the building. The abandonment of the native style is apparent in af!

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