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 199
39- PRAYER BOOK OF QUEEN MARY. M 2 164 nature that he may never descend from theheights of academic design and indulge in thefrivolity of ornament—if so it be considered. Thepotter plays with his brush, the needlewoman withher thread; to the worker work becomes play; andhis playfulness touches, if… … I40. FRIVOLITY INLETTERING. XII. INITIAL LETTERS. To many the idea of Lettering in Ornamentwill suggest at once the thought of Initial Letters,for the most part, though not necessarily, dis-tinguished by ornament—their essential peculiaritybeing that they do distinguish themselves, inwhatever way,…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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