Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 149
. Cutting may be employed in bringing ahoul ornamental effects in glass, Imf it is rarely to be commended when so lavishly used as ti> be the chief means of giving form to the vessel ; indeed, cutting should be sparingly and judiciously used. A vessel formed of glass should never he wholly shaped… … Fig. 143. Fig. 141. cut ; but in all cases avoid falling into the error of too much cutting which causes the work to appear laboured, for any work which presents the appearance of having been the result of much labour is as unpleasant to look upon as that work is pleasing which results from the…
Decoration and ornament
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