Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 43
2!) THE GENERAL LAWS OF ORNAMENT. cabinet maker bad kept in view geometrical arrange- ment. I have seen at Cairo carpets which the Oriental colourist had sown with chrysanthemums on a quiet … ground, where varieties of green and dark yellow were blended, to imitate the effect of a meadow glistening with daisies like stars fallen from the sky on the grass ; but the carpet was surrounded by a border, which framed, so to speak, this enchanting confusion. Raphael, in that same fresco of The…
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