Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 558
Fig. 338.—A French FloralWall-Paper. THE MODERN REVIVALS ment, published in 1856, are devoted to various typesof flowers and foliage from Nature, appropriate forornament. In France the Flore ornementale ofRuprich-Robert, published as late as 1876, performedthe same task in more elaborate fashion.… … Fig. 329.—A German Floral Plate-Border. design, in which the source of the motives used is lessimportant than the way in which they are used. Never-theless there was, on the whole, a decided gain. Anysincere effort after greater beauty, even along mistakenlines, is pretty sure to open the eyes of…
Decoration and ornament
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