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Title PageThe Art of Decorative Design (1862)

The main title is spaces out similarly to the gap between the other items on the page, giving five strong elements and a horizontal rule. Having an odd number of elements on a title page is preferred [...]

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Front Cover, Art of Decorative DesignThe Art of Decorative Design (1862)

The front cover of The Art of Decorative Design. Note: I took the cover, the title page, and the colours of the plates, from a copy on archive.org, and the detail of the plates from a copy on Hathi Tr [...]

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Fig. 86.—Curves.The Art of Decorative Design (1862)

Young palm trees, like all youths, compete for beauty and strength. The picture is meant to illustrate the vitality of the curves in the young palm trunks. There is not only beauty, but there is also [...]

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Plate XIV—Chinese DragonThe Art of Decorative Design (1862)

A stylized Chinese dragon flies in a blue sky between white clouds in a pattern intended i think to suggest a repeat. A DRINKING vessel preserved in the South Kensington Museum is beautified by an orn [...]

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Plate XVIII.—Stylized Chinese DragonThe Art of Decorative Design (1862)

I think only the upper part is intended to be a monster. However, I did not find a description of the lower part.

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Plate XXIV.—Knowledge Is PowerThe Art of Decorative Design (1862)

The example here has a slogan, Knowledge Is Power, inside a diamond filled with intricate coloured patterns. A class of decorations of a distinctive character arise from the ground being wholly covere [...]

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