Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 86
is adorned the most; since the sim-plest article when perfectly constructed is already ornamented in a way,while no ornament at all is preferable to any exuberance and wealth ofthat into which the conscience of art has not entered. THE GOTHIC STYLE. 81 XIII. THE GOTHIC STYLE. rFV[IE Gothic was the… … Mediaeval Gothic Hall. style has become a matter of universal pride and research. The Gothic,if not indigenous to England, took such root there that it became national;and such study has it received that its course is very plainly to be traced.Of course, in a land where mediaeval castles crown…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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