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The application of ornament (1888)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 44

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go for very little. By theomission of multitudinous detail, he managesto emphasise what he is anxious to preserve.Or (since decorative treatment by no meansconsists in omission only) he exaggerates,perhaps, features in his design which, in theposition assigned to it, would otherwise belost.… … HOTO-LITHO.e.FURNIVAL S H0U»OHI Where to Stop in Ornament. 17 III. Where to Stop in Ornament. Assuming, on the one hand, the urgencyfor some modification of natural forms accord-ing to the work in hand, and on the other, ofsome continual reference to nature in design,the question arises as to the…

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