. On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes : with remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens, examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast . 55 [Some of the most intolerable in form are great favourites;and they receive increased admiration from the richness oftheir colour, and the evidence of the labour expended on theirmanufacture, though in reality these supposed merits onlymake their deformity the morelamentable. Such are examplesgiven in the following woodcuts(25 to 34); some of which havethe addit
. On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes : with remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens, examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast . 55 [Some of the most intolerable in form are great favourites;and they receive increased admiration from the richness oftheir colour, and the evidence of the labour expended on theirmanufacture, though in reality these supposed merits onlymake their deformity the morelamentable. Such are examplesgiven in the following woodcuts(25 to 34); some of which havethe additional fault of uniting ametal cover and handles with abody of porcelain; and many avase of Sevres manufacture showsthat richness of material is novoucher for excellence of taste.]Their value arises from the diffi-culty of making them, or from the skill exercised in paintingthe subjects, most of which are out of place on a vase; andwhen an enormous sum is paid for them, which might com-mand works of really good art, they are on a par with Dutchtulips, or some strange curiosities, whose price depends ontheir rarity and the caprice of fashion. So long as they aretreated merely as curiosities, or hold a place in a cabinet, (26.).
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