Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 136
rrived at without simulation.We may take it that the imitator knows this wellenough, but simply shirks the difficulty. Number-less are the expedients, more or less pretentious,that are adopted, and in the name of ornament, tosave trouble and supply the place of skill. Occasionally, a decorative… … 124 Every-day Art. very name. It is a perfectly straightforward steptowards the popularising of art, to reproduce bysimpler and less costly means effects of decorationwhich were once beyond the means of all but thevery few. Because embossing and gilding havebeen already applied to leather, that is…
Decoration and ornament
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