Theory and analysis of ornament applied to the work of elementary and technical schools (1892)
Schauermann, François Louis · London, S. Low, Marston · leaf 106
94 Theory a7td Analysis of Ornameiit. forms. This decomposition is established by the sub-division of the sides in a like propor- tion. If the lozenge is trigon, it is decomposed like a trigon, into elements of the same form ; the square rectangle and the square are decomposed into ele- ments of… … trigons and three trigonal lozenges. Polygons, trigons, squares, the pentagon, hexagon, &c., have each their own proper net-work, constructed on a uniform type, the centred polygonal net-work. This net- work is determined by polygons inscribed paral- lelly one in the other, with uniform or Availed…
Decoration and ornament
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