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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 203

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r artisticmerits, remarked thatthe distinguishing dif-ference between them,would be found to arisefrom the greatly diffused appreciation ofsuperior designs among foreign manufacturers,together with the well-sustained mode of teach-ing drawing to all in every town of importanceon the Continent;… … obtain designs—do you employ a modeller ?it was said, No; when we want anythingnew, we either set up a different arrangementand combination of parts from our own nume-rous moulds, or we get newer specimens froma papier-mache manufacturer. Thus, therewas not one person engaged in this factory,where…

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