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The application of ornament (1888)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 142

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with all those little facets ofglass catching the light at all manner ofangles, and glittering each according to itsown bright will. In marble inlay of strongly contrastedcolour there is no such excuse for severity ofform; some of the old pavement patterns, thatfor example in the baptistry at… … Plate 35

Decoration and ornament

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