Principles of Decorative Design

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Dresser Christopher. Principles of Decorative Design

Principles of Decorative Design

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Principles of Design. CHAPTER I

DIVISION I

DIVISION II

DIVISION III

Footnote

CHAPTER II

COLOUR

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

CONTRAST

HARMONY

QUALITIES OF COLOURS

TEACHINGS OF EXPERIENCE

ANALYTICAL TABLES OF COLOUR

Footnote

CHAPTER III

FURNITURE

Footnote

CHAPTER IV

DECORATION OF BUILDINGS. DIVISION I.—GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS—CEILINGS

DIVISION II.—DECORATIONS OF WALLS

Footnote

CHAPTER V

CARPETS

Footnote

CHAPTER VI

CURTAIN MATERIALS, HANGINGS, AND WOVEN FABRICS GENERALLY

CHAPTER VII

DIVISION I

DIVISION II

DIVISION III

Footnote

CHAPTER VIII

HARDWARE

CHAPTER IX

STAINED GLASS

CHAPTER X

CONCLUSION

Footnote

INDEX

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Christopher Dresser

Published by Good Press, 2021

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But besides all this, we, the professors of decorative art, must manifest power in our works, for we are teachers sent forth to instruct, and ennoble, and elevate our fellow-creatures. We shall not be believed if we do not utter our truths with power; let truth, then, be uttered with power, and in the form of beauty.[7]

There are other principles governing the production and application of ornament which we must now notice, the first of which is utility, for the first aim of the designer of any article must be to render the object which he produces useful. I may go further, and say that an article must be made not only useful, but as perfectly suited to the purpose for which it is intended as it can be. It matters not how beautiful the object is intended to be, it must first be formed as though it were a mere work of utility, and after it has been carefully created with this end in view it may then be rendered as beautiful as you please.

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