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Principles of decorative design (1870)

Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 124

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cha manner that the eye rests over the apices, it will be seen that the circles have nowbecome richly varied curves, each having somewhat the foi-m of a blunt heart orcardioid (Fig. 8J), and that the straight lines become horse-shoe-shaped (Fig. 90).These illustrations will be sufficient to show… … 112 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. surface may become feeble and unsatisfactory if falling upon a waved ruund. I have said that stripes or straig-ht lines, if crun.viiff a folded fabric, are satisfactory. This is so in almost all cases, the only exception being in ladies dresses. Here l!nes crossing the…

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