Baldry, A. L. (Alfred Lys), 1858-1939 · London, New York : Goupil · leaf 271
ed in his selection bv an artistic ratherthan a scienti-ti c bias, a n d) u d g e d I h eexamples sub-mitted ii> himmore bv theirdecorativequa-lities than bvtheir i m p o r-tancc as illus-trations of thedevelopmentof armour of-fensive anddefensive. Asa consequence,the later stagesof the… … there is no branch of applied art in which it ismore difficult to define the exact limits withinwhich the emplovment of merely ornamentaldetails is admissible. There must always bea border-land of uncertain extent betweenarmour-making as a craft and armour-makingas an art, between the right and…
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