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 50
lain the significance of symbols, and even tocall in for that purpose the aid of lettering, which ofitself would have sufficed without them. It is notas though symbols were of themselves invariablyornamental. The sign which best conveys themeaning of the artist may not, and in practiceoften does… … 13. CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL. HENRI DEUX. amenable to treatment; there are so many varietiesof lettering, so many ways of introducing it; and,given the artist accustomed to its manipulation,it can so readily be made to take its place in sucha way as certainly not to mar the decorative effect,and most…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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