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Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work (1904)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 150

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ot very interesting; but the pla)- of surface init and in the punched diaper work is delightful. Thesilver dish on page 111 is interesting for the naive way inwhich it illustrates the evolution of embossed design. Youread in it, as in a confession, how the silversmith markedout on his disc the… … I TO. EMBOSSED AND CHASED SILVER.H ti4 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. III. BEATEN SILVERCROZIER. pearls, finishing with rings of pearlsand other lines to steady the effect.Simple as it is, the result, in silver, isfar more satisfactory than the mostpart of more ambitious embossing. In the Russian…

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