Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 73
e of appropriatenessand consistency. Itscharacter must be re-gulated, to an extent.by the nature of thehouse for which thefurniture is intended,and by the characterof the room in which it is to !>«• placed. All I can say to the student on this part ofthe subject is this : Carefully consider good… … Fig. 39. FURNITU11E PROPORTION AND ENBICHMEHT. ( 1 of wood instead o£ stone. There is but small danger of committing any greaterror in the block-form, if it be kept- simple, and to look like ;i work in wood,provided that the proportions of height to width and of width and height tothickness are…
Decoration and ornament
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