Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 136
ious that a great variety of keys can be produced by this very single means. The process of interlock-ing the ends of the elements is of course the point at which the artists ingenuitycomes into play ; but it is precisely the same ingenuity, exercised in preciselysimilar circumstances, as that… … So far, therefore, as keys are concerned, in which the element is not verycomplicated, their genesis is clear. They are transverse sections of diapersconstructed in the same way as fig. 32 : the pakwa element having been selected,and the due proportion of its returns determined with a view to…
Decoration and ornament · Design
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