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 200
ween the two parts of the design must be noticed.To surround a rich design with an elaborate border is seldom effective,and generally vulgar; but when a simple semd is set in a plainframe, the insignificance of the design is often balanced by richnessof material. A mere semd of spots may really… … Fig. 27.—A Self-Enclosing Diaper. Arabesques are, on the whole, less suitable for framing thansemds, and diapers least of all, because, of the three, they are themost formal and geometrical; and the act of framing a design hasa natural tendency to add some formality to it, while a diaper has 13 194…
Decoration and ornament
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