The Principles of Ornament

by James Ward

Fig. 118 and 119.—Persian borders.

in this supporting feature. The ornament on a pilaster must be symmetrically built with the strongest elements at the base and the lightest at the top. The best examples of this kind of decoration are Roman, Italian, and French Cinque-Cento work. The latter may be seen in the well-known pilasters of Louis XII. The artists of those times paid the same attention to pilaster decoration that the

Fig. 120.—Upright lily border. Greco-Roman.

Fig. 121.—Pilaster designed by Donatello.