Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 78
6-1 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. of furniture. Anything that is Lrittle is not suitable as an enrichment of wood- work, unless it can be so placed as to be out of danger. Ormolu ornaments, when applied to cabinets and other works in wood, are also never satisfactory. They look too separate from the wood… … have before alluded (Fig. 4>1), and a painted cabinet by Mr. Burgess (Fig- '12), the well-known Gothic architect, whose architecture must be admired. Both of these works are worthy of study of a very careful kind. In the sideboard, notice first the general structure or construction <if the work,…
Decoration and ornament
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