Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 30
GN. Division II. In my previous remarks I have attempted to set forth some of the first principles of ornament, and to call attention to the purport or intention of certain of the leadinj:^ historic styles, and the manner in which they make utterance to us of the faith or sentiments of their… … cjuiry into cause and effect, as relating Fig. 11. to decorative ideas, is very impoi'tant —indeed, all-important — to the true decorator. He must constantly ask himself what eff'ect such and such forms have upon the mind — which effects are soothing, which cheerful, which melancholy, which rich,…
Decoration and ornament
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