Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English (1893)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Macmillan · leaf 22
LEADWORK [sect. lO We may take this first opportunity of re- marking that the patterns for all ornament intended for casting should be modelled like these, never carved^ as is now so universally the case for cast iron and the applied enrichments of picture frames, the reason being that cast ma-… … Figs. 4 and 5. — Greek Weights. and make the most of dull suggestiveness ; for in all these the “best are but shadows” the modelling emerging from or melting away in the ground. In two attempts the present writer has made in modelling for lead casting wax was used in one instance, and in the other,…
Leadwork
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