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Principles of decorative design (1873)

Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 174

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colours, produce the most chiirmiiig- effects, and by thoir use we have consistent windows. A g-ood domestic ^\■indow is often produced by armorial bearing-s in colour being placed on geometrically arranged tesserae of slightly tinted glass. In some cases such an arrangement as this is highly… … Fig. 181. Fig. 182. of this class of window, we extract one from the catalogue of those excellent arti ts in stained glass, Messrs. Heaton, Butler, and Bayne, of Garrick Street (Fig. 173). A good window may also be formed by bordering a jilain window with colour, (Fig. 174), or in place of the…

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