Miller, Fred, decorative artist · New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld. · leaf 164
lly in relief, and the modelling can be effected by thegesso instead of by elaborate painting. The backgroundcould be gold, or floated in with transparent colours, suchas blues and greens, to give a deep peacock blue, mixedwith varnish. The bird can be in tones of blue, and theleaves in pale quiet… … Man will always go back to the past for ideas. Whatwas done a century ago commands a respect and venera- ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. tion to which no modern work can pretend, and so wemeet with quaint ships in decoration. I think the reasonsuch motifs are used is that they strike us as so much…
Decorative arts · Decoration and ornament
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