hasits use interfered with by ornament, then thedesign is inappropriate. A form which must becleansed frequently, as a table-knife, must not haveits handle fretted with pattern difficult to keepclean and soon destroyed by frequent rubbing.The footstool, always below the level of the eye,should not… … FIGURE Q object has to do the less should be its decoration.The lowly form should seek beauty in fine line andjust proportion; one more distinguished may beadorned in keeping with its surroundings. Thus,jewel-box, paper-knife (see Fig. 12), lamp mat orrose-jar may all see ornament appropriately…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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