Name/Title
"DECORATIVE ELEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE"Entry/Object ID
2000.153.1.1Description
Color: Gold; Green
"Decorative Elements in Architecture," (New York: John Lane Company, 1917), 152 pp. The book has a green hard-cover with a border around the front in gold. Also in gold is a gate-like design at center. At the center of this design is the title and name of the author in green. The title, author's name, and publisher are also on the spine in gold. Written in black in on the top right corner of the first flyleaf is, "Evelyn T. Meede." Another name is next to this but it is undiscernable. At the beginning is a foreword, a table of contents, and a list of illustrations. There are 10 chapters, covering the exterior adornment of structures, with such titles as "Rationalism in Art"; "The Inheritance of the Past"; "The Development of Adornment"; "Painted Glass"; and "Wrought Iron." Many sepia photographs are also included. With abrasions; dents on the back cover; yellowing of the pages; fading of the gold lettering; suface soiling; and stains, the object is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, Architecture--Details, Architectural ironwork, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Architecture--Study and teaching, Glass painting and staining