Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles: an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art; being an outline of a course of sixteen lectures on that subject, originally prepared for the government schools of design in the years 1848, 1849, 1850 (1856)

Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877, Finden, A, F., A. F, Halliday, G, Hutton, M. M, Mateaux, G, Rees, M. R, S., H. M, Sheldrick, E, Sparling, H. M, Swallow, Jane F, Wheeler, S. A · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 24

An illustration from Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles: an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art; being an outline of a course of sixteen lectures on that subject, originally prepared for the government schools of design in the years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1856, leaf 24 — s of the same ornament, in a vertical, horizontal, or a diagonal order. This is the most popular class of design for cotton-prints, and the unit of repetition is generally small in these cases ; but it may be either extremely simple, as a spot or star, in one colour, or as complicated and as rich… … pattern or unit of repetition. Geometric diapers are infinite, and by a judicious variation of colours may be made extremely beautiful. The majority of ancient mosaics are diapers of this character, and they are a good illustration of the carrying out of the prin- ciple of fitness in design; for…

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