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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 734

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A DESIGN FOR A VASE. (GRECIAN.) No. 111.—Vol V.] I TWO-PENCB. Saturday,] THE DECOKATOllS ASSISTANT. |J[;ne23, 1849. <©n ifft Nature, (©rigin, antJ ^xo=gtess of Mmi^n, From a Paper read at the General Meet-ing OF the Decorative Art Society,March, 1844, by Mr. Crabb. {Continued from Page 46.) … AKE but a commonfierraled leaf and see with what mathematicalpiecision it radiates from one centre, and howperfectly each point is shaped. The elegant,but casual disposition of the acanthus over abasket originated the Corinthian capital. Thebeautiful ornaments of foliage in Gothic archi-tecture may…

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