Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 43
29 urvorit in ornament. sion of the assumed character of tin's imaginary creature as do the Chinese and Japanese. … of the ornamentist to pro- duce that which shall induce the feeling of continued pain, unless there is some exceptional reason for his so doing, and such a reason is of rare occurrence.
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