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The industrial arts of India

Birdwood, George C. M. (George Christopher Molesworth), Sir, 1832-1917 · 1880 · [London] : Published for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall · 19 pictures

A survey of Indian craft and decorative design published in London in 1880 by Sir George Birdwood, prepared for the Committee of Council on Education as a teaching reference on the industrial arts of India. Its plates show ornamental borders and the damascened metalwork of a Punjab shield, with engraved floral and fan-shaped patterns that designers can adapt for surface pattern, border and radial motifs.

Decorative arts · Hindu mythology

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