Out-of-door memorials : mausoleums, tombs, headstones and all forms of mortuary monuments. (1898)
Tiffany Studios · The Company, New York · leaf 20
BE DESIRED, AND YET THE MEMORIAL ANYTHINGBUT BEAUTIFUL, AND ALL BECAUSE THERE IS NOPROPER PROPORTION BETWEEN PART AND PART.THERE IS ONLY ONE CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWNFROM THIS, VIZ., A KNOWLEDGE OF PROPOR- … TIONAL FORM, OF ORNAMENT IN ITS RELATIONTO FORM, AND THE WHOLE IN ITS HARMONY WITHENVIRONMENT, IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE DE-SIGNER, NO MATTER HOW MODEST THE MEMORIALMAY BE, IF THE WISH IS TO HAVE A WORK OF ARTOF PERMANENT VALUE. IE QUESTION OF COST IS BY NO MEANS ADOMINANT FEATURE, THE CHIEF…
