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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 169

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ional. Here and there a work of art justifies byits beauty its claim to stand alone—it reigns supreme. Inall but the greatest, and particularly in ornament and in 132 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. applied art, the claim to independence is presumptuous—•neither more nor less. If we miss in modern… … 126. PANELLED JOINERY. is mechanical precision; and design itself (no longer affectedby the old conditions of execution) sinks into dull monoton}-.But the fault does not lie altogether with our much-abused machiner), though mechanical execution has helpedboth to pervert artistic taste and to…

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