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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 88

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es. At theMuseum at the oldRath Haus there isa very good collec-tion of examples.Somehow, with themodern, or rathermid-Victorian ironregister fireplace allbeauty and interestof design is lost.Thoucrh it shouldbe remembered thata really fine artistand designer like Alfred Stevens spent his… … CAST-IRON FIRE-DOG. ST. NICHOLASHOSPITAL, CANTERBURY. THE UTILITY BASIS AND INFLUENCEStoves they seem to be under a ban of hideousness,which seems sad when one recalls the charmin^rand cheerful earthenware stoves of Germany ofGothic and Renascence times, full of colour and

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