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The book of craftsmen; the story of men's handiwork through the ages (1900)

Bruce, Marjory · New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 311

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— expresses himself on the subject of these suggestions, which he attributes to " Malice, Ignorance, and Inability." I am confident I can convince all Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Others who will honour me with their Commands that every design in the book can be improved, both as to Beauty and… … A HEPPLEWHITE CHAIR, A HEPPLEWHITE CHAIR, PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS WHEATSHEAF DESIGN DESIGN commands, with the result that most modern museums of decorative art and numerous private collections contain examples of his work. Another eighteenth-century craftsman whose name has endured was George…

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