t a beginner is likely to dowith a chisel. Chip carving is, of course, a most elementary form ofwork ; but it is none the less sufiicient for many very usefuldecorative purposes, if only those who practise it would resistthe temptation to worry with it every single inch of the surfaceto which,… … art to give the finishingtouch of enrichment to theirwork. They, too, abused it—that was their want ofcultivated taste — but theirwork was truly decorative ;and the scoop of the gougeled them to a form of designwhich showed at once (82)the instrument cmplo)edand their skill with it. The anxiety of…
Decoration and ornament
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