Ornamental drawing, and architectural design. With notes, historical and practical. Upwards of 200 illustrations (1857)
Burn, Robert Scott · London, Ward and Lock · leaf 61
ch materials is borne in mind, the proper decoration for them will at once be evident, since this ought to bear the same rela- tion to the objects in the room that a background does to a picture. In art, a background, if well designed, has its own distinctive features ; yet these are to be so far… … Imitative treatments are objectionable on principle, both as intruding on the sense of flatness, and as being too attractive in their details and colour to be sufficiently retiring and unobtrusive. Some of the best examples, as well of paper as of silk, velvet, and other hangings, are treatments of…
Architecture · Decoration and ornament
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