The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals (1893)
Ecob, Helen Gilbert · New York, Fowler & Wells co. · leaf 267
love-fitting bodice, which destroys the flexibility of thetrunk. The artist condemns street wraps so con-structed that the arms must be held as if pinionedto the sides; tight sleeves, which make the armslook like stuffed sausages and move like pump-handles ; sleeves which are puffed high on… … From The Magazine of Art, Cassell Publishing Company.RADIATING CURVES SHOWN IN WING OF BIRD AND SHELL. BY WALTER CRANE. Radiation in Nature, a controlling principle in design, is illustrated here. Thelines in the wing and shell spring from a common center. The point of radiationis the center of…
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