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Studio international (1893)

London, Cory, Adams & Mackay [etc.] · leaf 167

An illustration from Studio international, 1893, leaf 167
has repeatedly shown. A toy should possess several qualities forwhich we must go to the artist. First it shouldpossess humour ; beautiful in the hackneyed senseit need not be, for it is to appeal to children, whosesense of beauty has not fully developed. They areattracted by that interest of form… … TOY POULTRY DESIGNED AND EXECUTEDBY MISSES M. V. WHEELHOUSE AND LOUISE JACOBS conscious funniness, but by that humour which isattained by direct and clear-cut form with simplifi-cation brought about by economy of means. Thusa toy representing an animal or person which hasbeen produced by plain…

Art · Decoration and ornament

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