Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 142
admirable contrivance a piece ofornament retains its breadth of effect when viewed at a distance, and affords most exquisite, andoftentimes most ingenious, decoration for close inspection. Generally there was more variety intheir surface treatment; the feathering which forms so prominent a feature… … Arabian. Moresque. Moresque. approach to the perfection of distribution of the Moorish forms ; it finely exhibits the proportionatediminution of the forms towards the centre of the pattern, and that fixed law, never broken bythe Moors, that however distant an ornament, or however intricate the…
Decoration and ornament · Decorative arts
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