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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 168

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eads, if theopening is large,there need be scarcely any diminu-tion of light inside, while the network of leadforms a pleasant relief to the window surface andunites it by pattern with the architecture of thebuildino-. The pliant grooved strip of lead, then, is theglass designers outline. With it… … SIXTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. FROM WINCHESTER COLLECECHAPEL (south KENSINGTON MUSEUM). H7 THE INFLUENCE OF CONDITIONSwell-constructed basis of leading to hold his colourand form together, and by means of its bold blackbounding lines to define the masses of his pattern,each different tint of glass being…

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