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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 74

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odel, has, from itspeculiar configuration, a very decided effect.The singular appendage, curling upwards fromthe centre of the flower, imparts to the star-shaped form of the latter an appearance ofstriking originality. This characteristic fea-ture of the ornamental lotus, is the Iesult of… … Castings in Iron.—A novelty in the finearts has been introduced by the Colebrookdale:Company, long celebrated for the excellenceof their castings in iron. We refer to statuesin cast-iron (which may be seen at the shop ofMr. Andrews, ironmonger, in Dudley-street)of Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Cobden—the…

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