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The application of ornament (1888)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 68

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danger of hardness resulting from mecha-nical and perfunctory ways of working, eventhough, as in stoneware, the glaze may helpto soften the forms. The important thingis that the end of beauty be gained withoutsacrifice of use, and without greater ex-penditure of time and labour than is justifiedby… … PHOTa-TlMT* hvJ Akirmnn e.Quian Square .W.C. Where to Stop in Ornament. 31 simplest and most spontaneous kind, such ascan be done without effort and under nospecial disadvantage, such as in no way pre-tends to the accuracy, finish, or dignity of artunapplied. The figures on the Etruscan vases(Plate…

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