Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 61
being really a kind of ceiling, or something between aceiling and a pilaster (as far as the decoration of it isconcerned), and so may with propriety be treated aseither in decoration. As to pilaster decoration, if in re-lief, this should be low, and although some of the minor … details may almost sink into the groundwork, still thereshould be nothing vague ; none of the fine edges shouldcompletely melt into the ground, the danger here being aloss of architectural severity that is most essential to apilaster, it being a feature in architecture somewhat ofthe nature of a…
Decoration and ornament
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