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On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes : with remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens, examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast (1858)

Wilkinson, John Gardner, 1797-1875 · London : J. Murray · leaf 299

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memay be said of animals, ships, buildings,or landscapes on drapery and furniture,or on trays and similar articles of use;and mixed designs, such as flowers, withscroll-work, or with architectural details,offend against true principles of taste, andare rendered still more monstrous when theflowers… … IMMOTHMMi § 51—53. DECORATION OF HOUSES. 265 already noticed (p. 17), which in a town delights in scenesderived from the country. It is also the cause of that dis-agreeable confusion of natural and conventional forms socommon at the present day. {See § 27, p. 215.) 52. There are many conditions…

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