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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 105

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re thatmight exist in the cylinder.—CorrespowJew^ ofthe Patent Journal. 92 THE DECORATOR S ASSISTANT. ^ult& fox <©rnain?nfal Bratoiitfl. In No. 4 of the Decorators Assistant wepresented the elementary rules for drawingthe acanthus leaf; we now come to the bend-ings and reduplicate foldings… … Fig. 6. The manner of drawing it is to place thepoint of the compasses on the perpendicularline at a, and to strike the semicircle asjdotted; should the bend not require to be soIgreat, take any point higher up on the samelline, and it will give the desired form ; but atjthe same time care must be…

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