Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 154
t fails to please. There must be the contrast of plain surfaces with ornamented — plain for the eye to rest upon, ornament for the mind to enjoy. In the enrichment of glass these remarks fully ajjply. Let there be i)lain surfaces as well as ornamented parts, and the effect will be more satisfying… … decanter, wine-glass, or tuml)ler, is to be seen almost wholly in perspective; and the remarks made respecting the effects of folded or waved surfaces on ornament (Chap. VI., page 110), and those made in reference to the application of ornament to earthen vases (Chap. VII., page 120), apjjly…
Decoration and ornament
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