be sure to mar theeffect. The artist, accordingly, finds himself,as if by instinct, evolving a kind of strap-work, which reminds one of the typicalElizabethan ornament—which very possiblyoriginated in some such device as fretcarving, although the forms show also theinfluence of types more proper to… … The Teaching of the Tool. 5 5 In the comparative massiveness or delicacyof a fret pattern, one sees at once whether itwas designed for stone, or wood, or metal.The artful fret-worker leaves no frail project-ing ends, in stone or wood to be promptlybroken off, and in metal to catch hold of…
Decoration and ornament
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