Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 91
7S rnixciPLES or design. must not fictitiously represent relief, for no shaded ornament can be pleasant whenplaced as the decoration of a flat architectural surface. I have already noticed that the decoration of a room should be in characterwith its architecture, but that while this should be so,… … ttg 63. ages gone by, but should be such as is new in character, while yet of the spirit of the past. .Many circumstances tend to determine the nature of the decoration whichshould be applied to a ceiling: thus, if a ceiling is structurally divided into squarepanels, the character of the ornament…
Decoration and ornament
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