Principles of Decorative Design
Title | Principles of Decorative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Dresser |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2023-09-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
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Principles of Decorative Design
Title | Principles of Decorative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Dresser |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1873 |
Genre | Decoration and ornament |
ISBN |
Principles of Decorative Design
Title | Principles of Decorative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Dresser |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2023-10-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3385218284 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Principles of Decorative Design
Title | Principles of Decorative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Dresser |
Publisher | Theclassics.Us |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2013-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781230733197 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... Let me give one or two instances; but, perhaps, I had better give treatments for the entire room, including the ceiling, and not for the wall simply. A good effect of a very plain and inexpensive character would be produced by having a black skirting, a cream-colour wall (this colour to be made of the Ffc. 59. colour called middle-chrome and white, and to resemble in depth the best pure cream), a cornice coloured with pale blue of greyish tint, with deep blue, white, and a slight line of red, and a ceiling of blue of almost any depth. The ceiling colour to be pure French ultramarine, or this ultramarine mixed with white and a touch of raw umber (the cornice blues to be made in the same way). The red WALL DECORATIONS. 85 P in the cornice to be deep vermilion if very narrow (one-sixteenth of an inch), or carmine if broad. A room of a slightly more decorative character would be produced by making the lower three feet of the wall of a different colour (by forming a dado) from the upper part of the wall: thus, if the other parts of the room were coloured as in the example just given, the lower three feet might be red (vermilion toned to a rich Indian red with ultramarine blue) or chocolate (purple-brown and white, with a little orange-chrome); this lower portion of the wall being separated from the upper cream-coloured portion by a line of black an inch broad, or better by a double line, the upper line being an inch broad, and the lower line threeeighths of an inch, the lines being separated from each other by fiveeighths of the red or chocolate. I like the formation of a dado, for it affords an opportunity of giving apparent stability to the wall by making its lower portion dark; and furniture is invariably much improved by being seen...
Principles of Decorative Design (Classic Reprint)
Title | Principles of Decorative Design (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Dresser |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2016-06-26 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781332780167 |
Excerpt from Principles of Decorative Design Y object in writing this work has been that of aiding in the art-education of those who seek a knowledge of ornament as applied to our industrial manufactures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Lessons on Decorative Design
Title | Lessons on Decorative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Frank G. Jackson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Decoration and ornament |
ISBN |
Principles of Decorative Design
Title | Principles of Decorative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Dresser |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2023-10-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3385218292 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.