. The Australian flora in applied art. Bookbinding, Waratah. Flannel Flower, Sturts Desert Pea. (GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. SYDNEY.) Fi^. 24. APPLIED ART. Ill It would take up too niurliArt in which the Waratah has beacceptance than with cer-amic artists in their cliinapaintings, and foremostamongst these was LouisBilton, who, as statedabove, was sent to Aus-traha by those famouspotters, Messrs. Doultonand Sons, to depictsketches of the Austrahanflora from hfe for decora-tive purposes, such draw-ings to be utihsed by thatlirm in its various porce-lain manufactures. Hissketches ranged over awi
. The Australian flora in applied art. Bookbinding, Waratah. Flannel Flower, Sturts Desert Pea. (GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. SYDNEY.) Fi^. 24. APPLIED ART. Ill It would take up too niurliArt in which the Waratah has beacceptance than with cer-amic artists in their cliinapaintings, and foremostamongst these was LouisBilton, who, as statedabove, was sent to Aus-traha by those famouspotters, Messrs. Doultonand Sons, to depictsketches of the Austrahanflora from hfe for decora-tive purposes, such draw-ings to be utihsed by thatlirm in its various porce-lain manufactures. Hissketches ranged over awide field, and were notconfined to one particulargroup of flowers. Hisverdict in this connectionwas that our native floralends itself to artisticdecoration above that ofother countries, and soone result of his journevto Australia was that -CERAMICS. space to enumerate all the branches of Appliedcome a favourite; but in none has it found more. Fi^. 29.
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