On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes . wouldtherefore look as if they had been introduced as partitionsat a later time. [The difficulty in the carpet, or the wall-paper, is easily overcome by having a border so adapted toit as to correspond with the pattern along the whole outeredge, and thus complete the design. Moreover a wall-papershould not affect to represent Gothic tracery, parts of build-ings, or battles; and a Ghasse de Fontainebleau, or similarscenes, as on the walls of a French cafe,are equally vulgar and tasteless. The samemay be said of
On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes . wouldtherefore look as if they had been introduced as partitionsat a later time. [The difficulty in the carpet, or the wall-paper, is easily overcome by having a border so adapted toit as to correspond with the pattern along the whole outeredge, and thus complete the design. Moreover a wall-papershould not affect to represent Gothic tracery, parts of build-ings, or battles; and a Ghasse de Fontainebleau, or similarscenes, as on the walls of a French cafe,are equally vulgar and tasteless. The samemay be said of animals, ships, buildings,or landscapes on drapery and furniture,or on trays and similar articles of use;and mixed designs, such as flowers, withscroll-work, or with architectural details,offend against true principles of taste, andare rendered still more monstrous when theflowers are above life size.]Exaggerated fondness for flowers in ornament is a common,and commonplace, taste; and this, like the imitation of othernatural objects, frequently arises from the same state of mind. § 51-53. DECORATION OP HOUSES. 265 already noticed (p. 17), which in a town delights in scenesderived from the country. It is also the cause of that dis-agreeable confusion of natural and conventional forms socommon at the present day. {See § 27, p. 215.) 52. There are many conditions which, though apparentlyof little consequence, often aid in making objects agreeableor disagreeable to the eye, even though it may not be able toperceive the reason; and the arrangement of lines in whatmay be considered most unimportant cases may interferewith the harmony of the surrounding objects. Thus, in aroom, where pictures are suspended from one nail by a cord, (47.)
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