. The Decorator's assistant. (To be continued.) 28 THE DECORATORS ASSISTANT. i^ules fox (BxnammM OOKING at tlie remarkscontained inour last num-ber respect-ing freedomof style anddeparturefrom recog-nised prece-dent in deco-rative design,\ve by no means wish it to beinferred, that certain generalrules, principles, and data,whereon to found the basis ofcorrect outline and symmetry ofconstruction, are to be dispensedwith. Indeed, a close attentionto the rules of gradation in form,and even to mathematical accuracy of detail,is indispensable in various kinds of ornamentalscroll-work, a
. The Decorator's assistant. (To be continued.) 28 THE DECORATORS ASSISTANT. i^ules fox (BxnammM OOKING at tlie remarkscontained inour last num-ber respect-ing freedomof style anddeparturefrom recog-nised prece-dent in deco-rative design,\ve by no means wish it to beinferred, that certain generalrules, principles, and data,whereon to found the basis ofcorrect outline and symmetry ofconstruction, are to be dispensedwith. Indeed, a close attentionto the rules of gradation in form,and even to mathematical accuracy of detail,is indispensable in various kinds of ornamentalscroll-work, and, move especially, in any con-tinuous length of curvilinear foliage, in orderthat the eye of the spectator may not be dis-turbed by abrupt transitions of form, or per-plexed by the incongruous intersection of dis-similar or inharmonious lines. The true secretof success in the decorative, as in the kindredart of poetry, may be said mainly to consist inthe power of artfully concealing art,—that ars celare artem, so emphatically recom-mended by the Roman bard, but which hasfrequently been found, like t
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