Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 194
t be confessed that,in the 16th century at least, they producedmost gorgeous results : there is in the treasuryof the cathedral at Toledo an altar frontal ingold, silver, and coral, and a yet more beau-tiful mantle of the Virgin in silver and pearlsupon a gold ground, which make one loth… … 68. RAISED GOLD, 168 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. intrinsic value leads quickly to display. The artisticvalue of gold is not so much that it looks gorgeousas that it glorifies the colour caught, so to speak,in its meshes. Admitting that there is reason for relief in goldembroidery—it catches the light as…
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