April 11, 2008, Newsletter Issue #207: (1) The Victorian Ideal

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Formal, geometrical shapes such as circles, diamonds, pointed cross (both St George and St Andrews crosses were favoured .), Semi circles, squares, rectangles, cresent moons, ovals triangles , hexagons, octagons, stars, lozenges, fleur de lys and scallops were the norm.
A combination of several of the above shapes , set out on a large lawn was not uncommon.

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