Decorative elements in architecture; random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view
An architect-decorator's essay on interior ornament, written by William Francklyn Paris and published by John Lane in New York and London in 1917 for designers and wealthy clients furnishing period rooms. Halftone photographs record carved oak panelling, Gothic canopies, tracery, linenfold doors and painted overmantels in high contrast, useful as sources for cusped arch profiles, crocketed finials and panel layouts.
