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Decorative elements in architecture; random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view (1917)

Paris, William Francklyn, 1871-1954 · New York, John Lane company; London, John Lane · leaf 144

An illustration from Decorative elements in architecture; random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view, 1917, leaf 144 — l surrounding.The principal motifs, for instance, can be outlinedagainst a gold background. The laws of gravityare still observed and the figures are upon a solidbase. The third method is purely conventional.The motifs retain the typical characteristics ofform, but appear applied or nailed or… … XXXVI XV CABINET If the surfaces are of irregular outline in the sense of elevation the same inequalities must govern the divisions and correspond with the variations of the form

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