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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 32

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AVING alreadygiven five illus-trations of thestarting points most commonly inuse, we now pro-ceed to the crocus-head (Fig. 6), avery useful i)or-tion where thespace is confined,and where cast-ings are requiredfor balustrades. … Fig. 6, Fig. 7_ is the bell-head, which is but sel-dom used in the bodyof scroll-work, but isthe starting point forthe little cups and smallspringings of design, asrepresented in the an-nexed figure. Fig. 8 is a starting point formed of theGrecian dock-leaf.

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