Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 133
retends to be of goldthan a painted wallpretends to be of solidpigment. It neitherdeceives nor is meant todeceive. It is confes-sedly gold leaf. Never-theless, it is at once afrank and an effectivepractice, to let the grain of oak or leather, or thetexture of canvas or plaster, reveal itself… … Marquetry panel. The Rights and Wrongs of Imitation. 121 kinds, that which directly aimed at deception, andthat which was rather meant to symbolise the thingit suggested. A familiar instance of the latter treat-ment occurs in the curtains painted as decoration onthe walls of Gothic buildings. They…
Decoration and ornament
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