Leonard, Anna B, Robineau, Adelaide Alsop, 1865?-1929 · Syracuse, N.Y. [etc.] : Keramic Studio Publishing Co · leaf 85
Fig. 12 suggests the reason for the stars in Fig. 12, being not so com-pletely discordant with the circle as the mere radius designs.The eye feels the unexpressed circle connecting the innerangles of the stars. The six-pointed is less harsh than thefive-pointed star, and the example in Fig. 12,… … points and the inner circle expressed, is a still farther approachto harmony. Radius designs, when the rays are completelymarked, may be very beautiful within their necessarilyrestricted limits. The whole class of rosette ornaments andCatherine wheel window designs are only well decorated radii
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