Examples of Chinese ornament selected from objects in the South Kensington museum and other collections (1867)
Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London, S. & T. Gilbert · leaf 11
rs which mark the triangulation ofthe areas ; and it will be seen throughout the plates how cleverly this apparent dispro-portion of the principal points of the composition is got over by the detail on the surfaceof the flower, so that the desirable evenness of tint is preserved. This method of… … Roman Ornament. The bulb at the point of junction of the volutes was got rid of during the Byzantineperiod ; and in the Arabian and Moresque, and Oriental styles generally, the end of thescroll becomes flattened out into the form of a leaf; the flowers flow off the continuousstem. In the…
Decoration and ornament · Design
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