Decorative elements in architecture; random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view (1917)
Paris, William Francklyn, 1871- · New York, John Lane company ; London, John Lane · leaf 142
ion of the artist must not clash withthe idea of Movement, or the idea of Speed, or theidea of Force, or the idea of Equilibrium. A chairhas four legs because five would be too many andthree not enough. All movements, no matter how instinctive, orderived, can be reduced to two or three funda-mental… … PRINCIPLES AND ESSENTIALS of conditions which can be resumed under threeheads: first, form; second, relief; third, color. The fundamental principles of decoration areRelief and Color. The decorative Artist must draw his ornamentsfrom his imagination, from geometry or from theworks of man or nature.…
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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