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 180
ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. 144 … 134. SIMPLE METAL SHAPES. of a quality more characteristic of potting. Mechanical trimming in the half-dry state of the clay effaces what was clone whilst it was amenably moist to the hand — and that so effectually that one is inclined to ask whether, if in the end a vase is to be shaved all over…
Decoration and ornament
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