Lettering in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present, and possible (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 114
try, where it is seen curlingabout the heads of the personages, making quite apattern in the upper part of the picture, or per-haps (54) all over the background. Labels, together 79 with initial letters, are cleverly introduced intodesign more purely ornamental in an ivory readingdesk of the… … 54. TAPESTRY IN THE HOTEL CLUNY 8o where it often makes a most appropriate accom-paniment to some central shield of arms. It isused also, for the sake of the meandering linegiven by its recurring form, in the broad bordersof engraved brasses and applique embroidery.At times, too, other short…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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