Garden Ornament

Full Title: Garden Ornament
Second Hand
Hardcover
Published by: Antique Collectors Club

1st edition in this format. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket: Near Fine.
Very crisp, clean and bright in a very lightly bumped DJ. Photos available on request. Please note this is a heavy book. Please contact us for postage costs.
First published at the beginning of the 20th century, this book by Gertrude Jekyll (1843 to1932) discusses garden ornaments as it relates to architecture and she links her comments to a selection of illustrations from the Country Life photographic collection to show what should or should not be done. It was however, not part the intention of Gertrude Jekyll to encourage the use of garden ornaments but rather to explain how they could and should be used to achieve the best possible effect. Her book is as applicable to the small garden as to the grand estate and, with the help of the author, the reader is shown that correct proportions, balance and colours can be learned first on a larger scale if the reader is to become proficient in planting at a more modest level.
ISBN: 907462162