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Arbor vitae : a book on the nature & development of imaginative design for the use of teachers, handicraftsmen & others (1910)

Blount, Godfrey · London : A.C. Fifield · leaf 112

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here are a hundred beautiful types ofthese patterns to be met with in early Italian Renaissance sculpture;nor would it be right to leave the subject without appreciativerecollection of the gay wreaths of della Robbias majolica. Thefestoon in itself is a genuine source of pattern, and introduces the… … XXII. Development ok Scroll and Linen Patterns. 102 ARBOR VIT^E. stand alone. They consequently appear to greater advantage whenthey are used as borders to more important designs, especially whenthose designs are circular ones. Their more developed forms arevery artificial, and often consist of…

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