Art in decoration; some modern examples with illustrations (1889)
Haberstroh, Albert · Boston, Mass. · leaf 10
42 DEeORATlVE ART. -oo^iKc OULD it not surprise nine-tenthsof the newspaper and magazinewriters, who contribute exhaust-ive articles about interior decora-tions, if some able, practical man,brought up in the art schoolsand at the bench in the deco-rators shop, were to apply theirrecipes so… … O DECORATIVE ART. coupled with a power of expression, or it is^ worthless: the workman must, by Power of ■ Expres- his facility to execute, assist in the sion. creation; he must know if an ideais practicable, and a good workman generallydoes. It is all well enough to plan batdes in theparlor, but…
Interior decoration
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![An illustration from Joachimi de Sandrart, à Stockau ... Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae, sive, De veris & genuinis hujusdem proprietatibus, theorematibus, secretis atque requisitis aliis ... : unà cum artificum tam Aegyptiorum, Graecorum & Romanorum, quàm Italorum, Gallorum, Anglorum, Germanorum, Belgarum, aliorumq[ue] ... vitis atque encomiis ... : eorundemque plusquàm ducentis iconibus ... aere expressis, erecta atq[ue] publicata (1683)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-gri_joachimidesa00sand-158-95.webp)