Creative & imitative art : decoration and ornamentation (1873)
J. T. L. (J. T. Lyon) · Brussels : M. Weissenbruch · leaf 38
28 CREATIVE AND IMITATIVE the other hand it may be said, that our small objects are, comparatively speaking, much more overloaded with bad decorative enrichment than our buildings, partly, no doubt, on account of the far greater facility for so doing. The outline of the modern English jug (fig. 12)… … account of its enrichment, however beautiful that may be in itself, conceal its useful qualities. In like manner make every portion of your architectural outline really architectural, and not mere imitations of natural forms. The following extract from the « Report on design in the exhibition of…
Decoration and ornament · Glass painting and staining
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