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 51
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 likely to enhance… … 14. GOTHIC ENCAUSTIC TILE. another. This lettering may fill, or just suffi-ciently occupy, a panel or a tablet; it may beintroduced into the nimbus of a saint or on alabel encompassing him ; it may be as it wereembroidered on the hem of his garment or 17 written across the folds of it, as was done…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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