Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 90
he enamelwould tell tales. It is convenient, therefore, tocover the back of a card pretty evenly with orna-ment ; and a design which did not cover the groundwould fail of its purpose. Ornament may be in itself perfectly satisfactoryand even charming, and yet so inadequate to thepurpose to which it… … Card-back design. impossible of fulfilment, it is better left alone; andthe conditions proper to ornament are, that itshould be fit—for its purpose, for its place, and forthe material in which, and the process by which, itis executed. 78 Every-day Art. Intelligent decoration has always some…
Decoration and ornament
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