On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes : with remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens, examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast (1858)
Wilkinson, John Gardner, 1797-1875 · London : J. Murray · leaf 296
al pattern is disfigured by beingcombined with an imitation of roses or other flowers; and astill greater abuse has introduced in tiles,paper, Tunbridge ware, and printed stuffs,not only flowers, but even the squarestitches of Berlin worsted-work, with theirstaircase outlines.] It is not an… … ■ 262 ON TASTE IN ORNAMENTAL DESIGN. Paet II. fallacious notion that being found to look well in one place,they must of necessity look equally well in another. Thisresults from the common habit of putting together differentparts to form a whole, instead of making the ornaments partof one general…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Gardens
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