Practical instructions in enamel painting on glass, china, tiles, etc., : to which is added full instructions for the manufacture of the vitreous pigments required, with twelve pages of instructions (1874)
Snell, Henry James · London : Brodie & Middleton : Simpkin, Marshall · leaf 74
hem in a simplemanner, than to overload the work unnecessarily for the merepurpose of exhibiting dexterity ? Again be sure that your design is appropriate. I haveseen designs of tiles for backs of grates, which have as sub-jects, ; Cupids gathering flowers. Could anything be moreabsurd ?… … JTJ6v7ie72 t&U**N°1 HINTS ON TILE AND CHINA PAINTING. 69 Also, do not let your design bear the impress of anothersmind, he who does, is but a copyist; form a style of yourown that is distinctive. Mr. Redgrave, in his Report on Design says,—thatin England our china painters are not artists, and…
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