Arbor vitae : a book on the nature & development of imaginative design for the use of teachers, handicraftsmen & others (1910)
Blount, Godfrey · London : A.C. Fifield · leaf 157
most ambitious aims always and visibly limited by geometricalconditions, while the other two begin by revolting against geometry,and lose themselves in infinite possibilities. Indeed, it is difficult,as I have suggested, to define the content of possible arabesque,which, commencing with and always… … Seme. Arabesque. Diaper. these three divisions; but the above classification will, I hope, besufficiently radical to help us to some insight into the vast andcomplicated mass of material this aspect of our subject brings usinto touch with. These three forms of ornament, the diaper, sem6, and…
Decoration and ornament
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