Principles of decorative design . Fig. 1) Fig. 96. community. Speaking- of these Indian fabrics, ^Ir. Redgrave says, in his Report onDesign prepared for the Commissioners of the International Exhiljition of 1851 :— These are almost wholly designed on the principles here presumed to be just ones 116 PItlNCIPLES OF DESIGN. —the ornament is always flat, and without shadow; natural flowers are never usedimitativcly or perspeetively, but are conventionalised by beiny disi)laycd fiat andaccordino to a symmetrical arrangement; and all other objects, even animals andbirds, when used as ornament, ar
Principles of decorative design . Fig. 1) Fig. 96. community. Speaking- of these Indian fabrics, ^Ir. Redgrave says, in his Report onDesign prepared for the Commissioners of the International Exhiljition of 1851 :— These are almost wholly designed on the principles here presumed to be just ones 116 PItlNCIPLES OF DESIGN. —the ornament is always flat, and without shadow; natural flowers are never usedimitativcly or perspeetively, but are conventionalised by beiny disi)laycd fiat andaccordino to a symmetrical arrangement; and all other objects, even animals andbirds, when used as ornament, are reduced to their simplest flat form. When colouris added, it is usually rendered by the simplest local hue, often bordered with adarker shade of the colour, to give it a clearer expression ; but the shades of theflowers are rarely introduced. The cloth of gold figured in the loom (Fig. 95), andpart of an Indian scarf (Fig. 96), illustrate fully these remarks. The ornament isgeometrically and symmetrically arranged, flat, in simple tin
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