Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 124
104 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. far otherwise with those which are used in vast quantities by the Americans. Judging- from the carpets which they order^ I imagine that nowhere on earth is taste in matters of decorative art so dejM-aved as it is in America. It is true that the great floral i^atterns have… … Fig S4. by coarse, raw-looking panel patterns, coloured in the most vulgar manner, and without even a hint at refinement or harmony of colour. Let the pattern be "loud" and inharmoniously coloured, and the chances of its sale in the American market are great. But \\-e must not forget that even in…
Decoration and ornament
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