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Principles of Decorative Design.
Principles Of Decorative Design
BY
Christopher Dresser,
Ph.D., F.L.S., F.E.B.S., etc.;
Author of "The Art of Decorative Design," "Unity in Variety," etc.
FOURTH EDITION.
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.:
LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.
PREFACE.
MY object in writing this work has been that of aiding in theart-education of those who seek a knowledge of ornament as applied toour industrial manufactures.
I have not attempted the production of a pretty book, but have aimedat giving what knowledge I possess upon the subjects treated of, in asimple and intelligible manner. I have attempted simply to instruct.
The substance of the present work was first published as a series oflessons in the Technical Educator. These lessons are now collectedinto a work, and have been carefully revised; a few new illustrationshave been inserted, and a final chapter added.
As the substance of this work was written as a series of lessons forthe Technical Educator, I need not say that the book is addressed toworking men, for the whole of the lessons in that publication havebeen prepared especially for those noble fellows who, through want ofearly opportunity, have been without the advantages of education, butwho have the praiseworthy courage to educate themselves in later life,when the value of knowledge has become apparent to them.
That the lessons as given in the Technical Educator have not beenwritten wholl