Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 71
truth from error, the beautiful from the deformed, reason assists the judgment, and we learn to feel when we are in the presence of the beautiful or in contact with the degraded. My illustrations will show how I think chair^ should be constructed. Fig. 26 is essentially bad, although it has… … Fig. 30. Fia. 29. rails against which the back w^ould rest are the only parts which are not thoroughly correct and satisfactory in a wood structure. Were the curved back members metal, the curvature would be desirable and legitimate. The back of this chair, if the side members were connected by a…
Decoration and ornament
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