Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 134
hat they can never have been meant todo more than suggest the real hangings, with whichit was the wont to furnish the walls of a room. Thefirst of these paintedcurtains may havemerited the praise dueto a conceit, but therepetition of the freakceases to be amusing.Anotherfavourite fancyof Gothic… … Lines suggested by masonry. rigidity is all that we need borrow from masonry.There is no occasion whatever to adopt the formsand proportions of the stones used in construction.The obvious appropriateness of tiles for the walls 12 2 E very-day A rt. of a bath-room, and the refreshing effect of…
Decoration and ornament
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