Excerpt from The Application of Ornament<br><br>The former text-books of this series con cerned themselves with the rudimentary lines on which ornament may be designed and distributed.<br><br>It is only in theory, however, that orna ment can be independently discussed. Frac tically it exists only relatively to its applica tion. Apart from its place and purpose and the process of its doing, there is no such thing as ornament.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.