half-decorative

Updated: May 10, 2025

Without there is a striking display of half-decorative and half-realistic forms; while within the walls and pillars everywhere are covered with terracotta bas-reliefs representing the various forms of life appropriate to the particular department of the museum which they ornament. This very excellent feature might well be copied elsewhere, and doubtless will be from time to time.

Edward Huntington Williams - A History of Science, Volume 5 : Aspects Of Recent Science