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| − | * The moulding in the kitchen is geometrical and shaped like a roset. It is octagonal and consists of a center star, with a | + | * The moulding in the kitchen is geometrical and shaped like a roset. It is octagonal and consists of a center star, with a middle ring of triangular shapes, surrounded by a ring of leave-shapes. The decoration has neo-gothical and orientalist connotations. |
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| + | * Their symmetry might allude to the mathematical work being done in the institute. It may relate to or incorporate the contemporary eight-pointed <i>compass rose</i> used to illustrate the eight principal winds, and/or the modern compass points. | ||
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| + | * Shapes similar to this are to be found throughout the building. | ||
[[File:Ceiling.JPG|thumb|500px|Plaster moulding ceiling communal kitchen Bidston Observatory, 2021]] | [[File:Ceiling.JPG|thumb|500px|Plaster moulding ceiling communal kitchen Bidston Observatory, 2021]] | ||
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[[File:1866.JPG|thumb|500px|Arch over door south entrance]] | [[File:1866.JPG|thumb|500px|Arch over door south entrance]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:12, 17 April 2022
- The moulding in the kitchen is geometrical and shaped like a roset. It is octagonal and consists of a center star, with a middle ring of triangular shapes, surrounded by a ring of leave-shapes. The decoration has neo-gothical and orientalist connotations.
- Their symmetry might allude to the mathematical work being done in the institute. It may relate to or incorporate the contemporary eight-pointed compass rose used to illustrate the eight principal winds, and/or the modern compass points.
- Shapes similar to this are to be found throughout the building.
- The design of the stone carvings around the year 1866 which can be found above the South entrance looks like a cogged wheel, celebrating late nineteenth century industrialism. A sign of the enthusiasm for the spirit of progress and arriving modernisms.
