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PREFACE.
as landmarks and aids to the student in his onward path, has, I trust, been
fulfilled.
It remains for me to offer my acknowledgment to all those friends who have
kindly assisted me in the undertaking.
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assistance from Mr. J. Bonomi, and from Mr. James Wild, who has also con-
tributed the materials for the Arabian Collection, his long residence in
Cairo
having afforded him the opportunity of forming a very large collection of
Cairean Ornament, of which the portion contained in this work can give but
an imperfect idea, and which I trust he may some day be encouraged to publish
in a complete form.
I am indebted to Mr. T. T. Bury for the plate of Stained Glass. From
Mr. 0. J. Richardson I obtained the principal portion of the materials of
the
Elizabethan Collection; from Mr. J. B. Waring, those of the Byzantine, and
I
am also indebted to him for the very valuable essays on Byzantine and Eliza-
bethan Ornament. Mr. J. 0. Westwood having directed special attention to
the Ornament of the Celtic races, has assisted in the Celtic Collection,
and
written the very remarkable history and exposition of the style.
Mr. C. Dresser, of Marlborough House, has provided the interesting plate
No. 8 of the twentieth chapter, exhibiting the geometrical arrangement of
natural
flowers.
My colleague at the Crystal Palace, M. Digby Wyatt, has enriched the
work with his admirable essays on the Ornament of the Renaissance and the
Italian periods.
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been acknowledged in the body of the work.
The remainder of the drawings have been chiefly executed by my pupils,
Mr. Albert Warren and Mr. Charles Aubert, who, with Mr. Stubbs, have
reduced the whole of the original drawings, and prepared them for publication.
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