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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 164

An illustration from 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, leaf 164 — inderstooling unmistakeably based upon the so-called Greek laceopposite. It is impossible to doubt the origin of the toolingabove. Imagine the lace design of Vinciolo cut in metaland the likeness between the two would be more strikingstill. But it is to the artists credit that, in the first… … 121. DOOKniNDERS TOOLIXC; BASED UPON ■ GREEK LACE. tools needed for the execution of such patterns are easy tocut and their manipulation is equally easy for the finisher.It seems, then, that the binder is quite well advised in adoptinga style of design, borrowed though it be, which he can turnto…

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