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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 212

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 212 — 164. ARAB CANDLESTICK — BRONZE ENCRUSTED WITH SILVER-FIFTEENTH CENTURY. MORE THAN ENOUGH. 175 … 165. A TRIPLE SCHEME OF ORNAMENT. certain more emphatic forms distinguish themselves—at theright distance from the eye (163). It is anything but themeaningless elaboration which it may appear to the casualobserver. Excess is not easily pardonable in ornament. Those,however, who look coldly on…

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