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Lessons on decorative design (1888)

Jackson, Frank G · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 152

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h forms ; Fig. 4 is a designfor a curved border, composed of similar materials ; Fig.3 is a horizontal border, the details adapted from thedahlia. Here it will be well to explain certain terms usedby ornamentists, such as alternation, counterchange,interchange, eurythmy, simplicity, and… … PRINCIPLES OF ORNAMENT. J39 principles of repetition and variety, and may also involvecontrast, thus : ^^^ In the first we have r^p-v^u^ vaiuct^ contract vAat*xy an al- ternate repetition of a similar form, but varying insize ; in the second an alternate repetition of contrast-ing forms. Again take…

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