Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 89
Yig. 5-2. 78 ritlNCITLES OF DESIGN. must not fictitiously represent relief, for no shadod ornament can be pleasant -whenjilaced 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… … Fig 53. ages gone l)y, but should Ije such as is new in character, while yet of the spiritof the past. Many circumstances tend to determine the nature of tlie 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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