XIV DESCRIPTION OP PLATES AND WOODCUTS. 



small as it may be, the effect of the central portion will serve to show 

 how much better a varied pattern is suited to a carpet than one of 

 more geometrical and formal construction. The proportion of the 

 border to the central part is of course disregarded. It is intended 

 for a centre of greater dimensions, where the same centre might be 

 extended, or repeated, or subjected to various modifications. (See 

 Blue, E 2, p. 135.) 



PART II. 



Page 



Woodcut 1. Mistaken application of the principle of "flowing 



lines" . . . . . .174 



„ 2. Vases with badly proportioned foot . . .180 



„ 3. Fig. 1. Vase of elongated proportion . .180 



Fig. 2. Idea of the base taken from the stone ring 

 in which the pointed-based vase originally stood, 

 as in Jig. 3 . . . . . .181 



„ 4. Designs of tables, inconsistent and unmeaning . 187 



„ 5. Principle regulating the form of a Saracenic dome . 20G 

 „ 6. Faulty mode of placing landscapes, or figures only, 



on the front of a vase . . . .212 



„ 7. Figures placed around a vase . . . .212 



„ 7 a. Flowers, as the Greek honeysuckle, conventional . 217 

 „ 8. Cabinets of bad form . . . . .219 



„ 9. Maori wood carving, not unlike some of our mediaeval 



and later work ..... 220 



„ 10. Mixture of glass, or porcelain, with metal, mistaken . 221 

 „ 11. Ornaments on a false principle . . . 222 



„ 12. Objects of good shape badly imitated . 223 



„ 13. Chandelier made up of various objects . . 230 



„ 14. A candlestick made of a vase ; a false principle . 230 



„ 15. One utensil copied from an object of a different cha- 

 racter ...... 230 



„ 16. Other instances of the same . . . .231 



„ 17. Canopied tombs, elegant in idea and form . . 242 



„ 18. Vases, faulty in their proportion . . . 248 



„ 19. Greek women carrying hydrias, or water -jars, to the 

 fountain. (From Mr. Birch's Pottery, as well as 

 woodcuts 21, 22, 23, 37, 38) . . .249 



