Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers (1872)
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909, Glaisher, James, 1809-1903, Mackie, Samuel Joseph, Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887 · London, Virtue & co. · leaf 62
t arein a small spandrel in one of the doorways at Rheims Cathedral,and on some of the flooring tiles from the ruins of the Abbey ofChertsey, Surrey. In the latter case the leaves are four innumber, in a cruciform arrangement within a quatrefoil—a verysimple yet true and effective treatment of the… … Ground-Ivy. in looking down upon the plant is necessarily cruciform in cha-racter. A great variety of these Chertsey tiles may be seen inthe South Kensington Museum: though very simple in design,they afford excellent examples of the true application of theprinciples which should govern the…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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