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 234
he purely utilitarian, the world haspractically stood still. Not only have we failedin twenty-five centuries to surpass the architectureof the Parthenon and the sculpture of Phidias,but we have not even equalled it. The same might be said of painting, had any-thing come down to us from the brush of… … LXVIII. GOLDEN TRIPOD. TAPESTRY PANELPart of decoration of Salon of the EIn see by Galland
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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