Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 31
this, I have employed suchlines as we see in the bursting buds of spring, when the energy of growth is at its maximum, andespecially such as are to be seen in the spring growth of a luxuriant tropical vegetation; I havealso availed myself of those forms to be seen in certain bones of birds which… … Fig. 12. UTILITY AND BEAUTY. IV ultimately be set aside, and that which is move convenient for use will replace it,even if the latter be without beauty. As an illustration of this fact, let us supposethe balustrade railings of a staircase very beautiful, and yet furnished with suchprojections as…
Decoration and ornament
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