Jackson, Frank G · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 59
goingremarks, it will be seen that Decorative Art has had aconstructive origin. The primitive man must needs con-struct coverings for his body, and in doing so he foundthat the different orders in which he placed the strandsof his woven or plaited fabrics produced certain patterns—such as the… … ELEMENTARY PRACTICE. 45 linear forms and patterns. All of these evolved figuresafforded him so many suggestions for the decorationof objects in other materials, and they were adapted,in a more or less modified form, according to theconditions necessarily attached to the particular materialto be…
Decoration and ornament
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