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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 341

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plique sews it down with buttonhole or chain-stitch (285), each of which has a character of its own. Theleather-worker, it will be seen, uses a line of chain-stitch forits own sake also, apart from applique, and the worker insilver thread (286), depending almost entirely upon line, makesuse of the… … 282. DAMASCENED ORNAMENT IN SILVER UFON BRONZE. material would have given a pointed one. A Spanish workerof the period would most likely have made it turn overin a characteristic little loop at the points. It is alwaysas well to follow the lead of the material—ones partner inthe game—and alwa)s a…

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