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 122
ry, and, to aman almost, designed it, as they did their mantling,with unfailing vigour and effect. A curious andperhaps unique instance of the length to which,already in the fifteenth century, they carried thedevice occurs in a carpet in the Victoria andAlbert Museum, a portion of which is… … 59. PART OF A CARPET IN THE V. AND A. MUSEUM. band, which is the main feature of the plan. Thearches of the niches under which the figures standare inscribed, and lettered labels occupy thebackground behind them ; the figures in thespandrils bear parti-coloured labels as conspicuous as themselves.…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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