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The grammar of ornament (1868)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 151

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Turkish. Turkish. … Elizabethan. Turkish. It will readily be seen, from the simple matter of their embroidery, that the art-instinct of theTurks must be very inferior to that of the Indians. The Indian embroidery is as perfect in62 ■B^HaHHH^R n ■JOHBHI TURKISH ORNAMENT. distribution of form, and in all the principles…

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