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 221
l62. DANCE OF DEATH INITIALS. GERMAN. 186 decorative motive, and especially between the useof arabesque ornament and of figures. They aremost completely happy with ornament, but theyare happy also with putti, as the Italians calledthem, not children precisely, but robust littlewould-be baby forms… … 163. WOODCUT INITIALS. GERMAN. that he is so fond of them. Some of the best ofthese boy figures are attributed to Holbein (160).They measure only about two inches across, butit would be difficult to find, except perhaps inGreek coins of the finest period, larger treatmentof design in little.…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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