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Principles of decorative design (1873)

Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 21

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asmade at imitating in the new material the formwhich the old reeds presented. But mark, the imitation was no gross copy of theoriginal work, but a well-considered and perfectly idealised work, substituting forthe bundle of reeds a work having the true architectural qualities of a noble-lookingand…

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