Ornament & its application : a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work (1904)
Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910, author · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 123
the natural result of the square mesh given by the loom. So, to the end of the long chapter of design, ornament grows out of conditions of work, and the character resulting tells of them. Unintelligent use of orna- ment is the result of not consulting the conditions inherent in the thing to be… … 81. CHIP CARVING — KNIFE WORK.
Decoration and ornament
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