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 44
e manu-scripts and books of all times (12), and on theseals and signet rings of all peoples, lettering insome form, often a very emphatic one, plays adecorative part. In modern days we seem to have lost sight ofits artistic possibilities. Only here and there anartist appears to perceive the… … . STAINED GLASS TRACERY LIGHT. composition together by a broad overhanging beltof beautiful lettering across the vacant background 1 0 of the panel—very much as the medallist of theRenaissance before him clouded as it were the skyof his medallion (g) with inscription. The use, however, of lettering…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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