Theory and analysis of ornament applied to the work of elementary and technical schools (1892)
Schauermann, François Louis · London, S. Low, Marston · leaf 175
Theory and Analysis of Ornament, 163 the square, with removal, give a figuration equal to that of grouping two conjugated squares (Fig. 187). 4. Hexagon. Like the square, this form has the contradicted grouping and the followed grouping, which coincide with the juxtaposition of a trigon and a… … 6. Octagon. We obtain figures analagous to the o 00 preceding (Figs. 191 and 192). All the forms of juxtaposition that we can refer to polygons are very simple. Class IV. Composed Polygonal Networks. 143. The condition of perfect juxtaposition, with only one polygon, is produced by a hexagon whose…
Decoration and ornament
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