Beschreibung:
This illustrated 1862 book, describing how to incorporate ornament into design, encouraged the middle classes to decorate their homes themselves.
Preface; 1. Primarily, on the nature and character of ornament; 2. The ministrations of plants to ornament; 3. Grades in decorative art; 4. The affinity of the aesthetic arts; 5. Analysis of ornamental forms; 6. Order; 7. Repetition; 8. Curves; 9. Proportion; 10. Alternation; 11. Adaptation; 12. The power of ornament to express feelings and ideas; 13. Principles common to ornament; Appendix.