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The anatomy of pattern (1887)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 122

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, of course, it never is mathematicallybuilt up. But, for all that, it falls into thefamiliar lines. The spiral itself is only a seriesof segments of circles ; and if you dissect any ■46 The Anatomy of Pattern. repeated scroll-pattern, you will find mostlikely that its back-bone is a wave line… … ]3Ae3].

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