Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration; (1922)
Cole, Herbert · London & Toronto, J. M. Dent & Sons ltd.; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 128
iful in contour and design. A much more beautiful panel is the front of an Italian cassone onp. 118. In a similar manner the shield, charged with three dolphins,possesses a centralising effect, it plays first fiddle, so to speak, andthe beautiful vine scroll is a running accompaniment to it.… … e/panef - Ga£stcfeboard -Frenc/i -second/lalfJS- conventional, but there is merit in their conventionality. Roundedforms like grapes are laborious to complete in wood; the carver,therefore, patterned them in faceted surfaces and allowed his chiselmarks to decide the shapes of the fruits and their…
Decoration and ornament · Heraldry · Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms
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