No. 274. Wood Carving. Grinling Gibbons.
Attention devoted to detail with elimination of ground.
(Photo: V & A Museum).
No. 275. Wood Carving. French, Louis XIV.
(Photo: V & A Museum).
Bindings
In the two latter the ornament should be in profile or silhouette. In tooled bindings, repetition of unit or motif is essential, the design being the direct result of available tools.
In such bindings further interest may be imparted by gilding either the detail or by introducing gold as powdering on shapes or backgrounds, or by the so-called inlaying of other colours.