Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 254
240 ART IN ORNAMENT AND DRESS. damascened caskets, jewel boxes, and vases may be com- plicated, but to complicate the design of a jewel is to make incomprehensible that which it is already difficult to com- prehend. When a printer has arranged a text in nonpareil he endeavours to compensate for the… … PENDANT ATTRIBUTED TO BENVENUTO CELLINI. even then he knows that many readers will be dis- couraged by its size. In a jewel, distinctness is only attainable by the repetition or the periodical recurrence of the same objects. And it is scarcely necessary to add that if complication is out of place…
Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament · Fashion and art
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