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Stained glass work : a text-book for students and workers in glass (1905)

Whall, Christopher, 1849-1924 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 99

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Fig. 39 shows the two kinds of joint, A Cutting being the wrong one (as I hold), and (advanced) B the right one ; but, after all, this is partly a question of taste. Do not cut borders and other minor details into measured spaces ; cut them hap-hazard. Do not cut leafage too much by the … outlines of the groups of leaves — or wings by the outlines of the groups of feathers. Do not outline with lead-lines any forms of minor importance. Do not allow the whole of any figure to cut out dark against light, or light against dark ; but if the figure is ever so bright, let an inch or two of…

Glass painting and staining

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