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Principles of decorative design (1873)

Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 171

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ther full colours, produce the most charming effects, andby their use we have consistent windows. . A good domestic window is often produced by armorial bearings in colour beingplaced on geometrically arranged tessera- of slightly tinted glass. In some ease*such an arrangement as this is highly… … Fig, 181. Fig. 182. of this class of window, we extract one from the catalogue of those excellent artistsin stained glass, Messrs. Heaton, Butler, and Bayne, of Garrick Street (Fig. 173).A good window may also be formed by bordering a plain window with colour,(Kg. 17 I), or in place of the plain…

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