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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 F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910, author · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 142

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upon the folds of drapery or the curls in a lion's mane. It was certainly not artistic incapacity which prevented the carver of the noble figure of Pasht (94) from indulging in detail ; and, had he been working in a softer material, he might very well have gone beyond the simplicity which gives… … 103. ANCIENT CUT GLASS.

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