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 227
at is to be felt morethan expressed, while the variety of original spirals allows considerable 222 ARBOR VIT/E. choice and latitude to the artist. A very evident quality in manyof the borders obtained in this way, especially in the ones whichare derived from wave and fire spirals, is the sense of… … Fig. 35.—The Relation of the Border to its Enclosed Design. quite characteristic of our processes, and can be typically illustratedin another way. Here (fig. 36) is a star with rays. While these rays are equaland straight, the star remains immovably ecclesiastical, a type of theold rigid style of…
Decoration and ornament
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