A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 259
SMALL AND LARGE TOOLS them. It is for this reason that the term aux petits fers (with small tools) is considered as ex- pressive of elaborate and usually interesting gold … Fig. 71. Binding of a manuscript Diploma of Bologna University dated 1650 ornamentation. Fig. 71 is a very rough and carelessly wrought piece of work, the binding of a manuscript diploma (see Fig. 176) but it is attractive because of its very simplicity, the un- consciously swift and off-hand work…
Art · Decorative arts
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