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Some terms commonly used in ornamental design, their application defined & explained with illustrations

Harrison, Thomas Erat, Townsend, W. G. Paulson · 1906 · London : B.T. Batsford · 30 pictures

A 1906 London reference by Thomas Erat Harrison and W. G. Paulson Townsend, published by B.T. Batsford, defining terms of ornamental design with illustrated examples for students and practitioners. The pictures are line drawings of borders, surface patterns and lattice tiling, showing how repeat units, scrolls and interlaced forms are built, useful to a designer studying historic ornament structure.

Decoration and ornament

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