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The application of ornament (1888)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 64

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-coloured clay isfirst patterned over in whitish slip, and thenthe whole is dipped in transparent glaze.It results from the very method of executionthat the relief is so slight as not in any wayto interfere with the form of the thing itenriches, nor yet in any way to hinder itsusefulness. The… … PMaTO-TlItT, by J.Al»rni«n.6.IJu««n Squn«.ff.C, Where to Stop in Ornament. 29 modelling you get with a brush is not likelyever to be in too bold relief, nor that whichyou get by punching too sharp. A very suggestive illustration of appropriateflatness of relief resulting from a…

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