each dentel, or tooth, to be half its height,and the metopa, or interval between each two,to be two-thirds of the breadth. [We shallshortly give the rule for drawing the dentel.] Doorway (in architecture), the entrance toa house, distinguished from a gateway by beingsmaller in dimensions.… … were but mere open spaces without any meansof closing the entrance. The accompanyingexample belongs to the circular style. Decoration, the art of embellishing bymeans of painting or sculpture. It is essen^tially an art of taste, but is modified in its ap-plication by various knowii rules founded…
Design · Decoration and ornament · Art
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