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 308
function the decoration of flat surfaces andshould not convey the idea of depth or distance.We are far from the glory of the sixteenthcentury and examples of a hundred years agocannot be compared with those in the cathedralsof Winchester, Lichfield, Burgos, Seville, West-minster Abbey, and the… … LXXXVll. WINDOW OF OLD GLASS FRAGMENTS The vitrails of the XV and XVI centuries gain in drawingand outline and in the variety of shades emplosed
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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