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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 44

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Fig. 39.—Border based on Hawthorn. it may be best not to hide a beautiful material with ornament,and a border may give sufficient interest. When a border isused round other ornament it must serve the purpose that apicture frame serves—contrast and add value and compactnessto the filling ; so that… … and elaborate, then the border must be simpleand severe (Figs. 112 and 116). To helpin keeping the border distinct from the fillinga subsidiary border of bands [and lines isoften used (Fig. 112). Sometimes this:r border is broken into by the filling, as in Figs. 22148 (where the architectural…

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