A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design (1896)
Lilley, A. E. V, Midgeley, W., joint author · New York : Scribner · leaf 142
Fio. 175.—Single Dahlia. Flowers white to yellow and crimson. Height 4 feet. TILES 127 The designer of tiles must of course keep before him thefitness of his design for the position it is to occup)- as well as theprocess by which it is to be executed. For instance, a hearth orfloor tile (Fig. 174)… … Fig. 176.—Perennial Corn-flower. Leaves sheathed round stem. Florets white and blue. must not contain lines of growth in a vertical direction, like thetile for a splay (Fig. 171). We may add that by arranging adesign diagonally across a 6 inch tile on similar lines to Fig. 153^a pattern 12 inches…
Decoration and ornament
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