Elements of plane and solid free-hand geometrical drawing, with lettering; and some elements of geometrical ornamental design, including the principals of harmonic angular ratios, etc. In three parts ... for draughtsmen and artisans; and teachers and students of industrial and mechanical drawing (1878)
Warren, S. Edward (Samuel Edward), 1831-1909 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 93
AWING. 65 much and variously bent without breaking, as in the Austrianbent wood furniture, shown at the Centennial Exhibition,and in many of our light office arm-chairs, it may be fairlyclaimed that the design does no violence to the nature of thewood. Also, so far as woods can be found of so close… … the wood seems to indicate, by its behavior, that no violence isdone to its natural properties by curving, moulding, or carvingit. From this point of view, the rigid exclusion of all butstraight outlines and angularly geometrical forms from orna-mental wood-work, would seem to be more of a fancy,…
Geometrical drawing · Mechanical drawing
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