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 36
TIONS, xxiii i S3, part of the lid of a pearwood casket, carved with a diaperof strapwork, crowned initials, etc., said to have belongedto Mary Queen of Scots. Scottish. 15th century. (B. M.) 1S4. alphabet in drawn work, from an old sampler. (V. & A. M.) 185. lettering, with ornamental… … I. IRON PURSE MOUNT. I. INTRODUCTORY. Lettering has, over and above its practical use.and apart from any ornamental treatment of itsforms, a decorative value of its own ; and untilrecent times craftsmen of all kinds turned ithabitually to account in their designs. More thanthat, lettering is (or…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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