Juxtaposition
When panels occur together, either side by side or ranged one above the other, they may exert influence on one another. For example, vertical features close to the framing stiles should be repeated in the adjacent panel even though the width of each panel may differ. When the panels are one above the other, central features should be avoided and the interest should be kept close to the opposing margins; otherwise the effect will be spotty and lacking in repose.
No. 212. Panels in Juxtaposition.
As panels present the best opportunity for display, on account of their treatment being comparatively untrammelled by the considerations to which the more structural features must submit, there is open to them
No. 213. Design for Panel based on Treatment of Celery. By C. A. Sheehan, Bristol.
a proportionately large field of possible decoration. In the first place, the panel may be treated pictorially, with due regard to the requirements of surface and reciprocal effect which must be insisted on in mural decoration. If not treated pictorially, ornament of a traditional character, or designs derived more directly from natural forms can be made use of. In either case the ornament must complete itself within the given area.