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Art (1916)

Ontario. Dept. of Education · Toronto : W. Briggs · leaf 285

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hen choose for repetition the unit whichin his opinion will produce the most efEective andharmonious pattern. Such simple forms of his-toric ornament as the trefoil, quatrefoil, andfleur-de-lis might be adapted to the square, theoblong, the triangle, and even the circle, as apreparation for the… … SQUARED DESIGNS AVALL-PAPER PATTERNS ]\Iovement is desirable in a l)order or all-over pattern but, when it is achievedthrough the leaning of the unit toward its neighbour, the movement is apt toappear hurried and lacking in repose. There nnist be dignity as well as move-ment in any pattern which is…

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