Plate 37
Pierced Free Enrichment
[Figures 227] and [228] are additional examples of free enrichment. [Figure 228] has introduced by its monogram the individual touch of ownership so essential to the success of school designing. The monogram represents free enrichment while the border is marginal decoration with the point of concentration in the center of the top edge. Both types of enrichment are related to each other and to the structural contours.
Errors in the Use of Pierced Enrichment
[Figure 229] is typical free pierced enrichment. The wood in the enriched portion is removed and the resulting figure supplies added lightness of construction and variety to the surface. One encounters this form of enrichment in the average school project with greater frequency than either inlaying or carving. It is with the thought of adding to the possibilities of school project decoration that the latter forms have been introduced. A word regarding the errors often encountered in pierced enrichment of the character of [Figure 229] may not be amiss. Pupils, believing the square to be the last word in this form of enrichment, place the figure on the member to be enriched with little thought of its possible relation to the structural contours; the result is the un-unified design illustrated in [Figure 230]. To correct this, reference should be made to Rule 8b.
Full Panel Enrichment
Rule 7d. The contours of fully enriched panels should parallel the outlines of the primary mass and repeat its proportions.