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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 309

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Arabesque by Theodor de Bry, one of the Petits Maitres of Germany (1598), in imitation of Italian work, butintroducing strap-work, caricature, and jewelled forms. It may be well now to turn from the Fine to the Industrial Arts, and to trace the manifestationof the revival in the designs of…

Decoration and ornament · Decorative arts

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