Showing posts with label 1820s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1820s. Show all posts

Friday, January 28, 2011

Geometric Pattern


via the ephemera society item of the month

“Sheet of paper with hand-painted blue edge and crisp embossed border by Dobbs, London. Circa 1820s. This page shows how a complex shape can be created from simpler shapes working only with a compass. A companion piece on the same paper bears the watermark ‘J Budgen 1821.’ ”

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