Out-of-door memorials : mausoleums, tombs, headstones and all forms of mortuary monuments. (1898)
Tiffany Studios · The Company, New York · leaf 11
OlEAUTY OF DESIGN IS CALLED FOR BY THE DURABILITY, WHICH WILL PERPETUATE IT,THEREFORE, IF THE DESIGN IS OF NO VALUETHE MEMORIAL WILL ONLY EXCITE A SPIRIT OF … DERISION AND CRITICISM, THEREBY DEFEATINGTHE OBJECT OF ITS EXISTENCE. IF ON THEOTHER HAND THE DESIGN IS A WORK OF ART THEMEMORIAL WILL BE A CONSTANT SOURCE OFDELIGHT TO ALL, AND A SURE MEANS OF KEEPINGALIVE THE MEMORY OF THE DEPARTED. AGAINDURABILITY IS JUST AS ESSENTIAL AS GOODDESIGN, AS THE…
