Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 266
252 ART IN ORNAMENT AND DRESS. XX. OF ALL THE RESOURCES AT THE JEWELLER’S COMMAND ENAMELLING REQUIRES THE MOST ARTISTIC TREATMENT. What choice of models remains then to the jeweller, when the human figure and the representation of animals are prohibited ? He has the vegetable world, radiating… … objects, such as the innumerable instruments invented by man in the exercise of the arts and industrial pursuits, music, agriculture, war, the chase, navigation, gold and silver work, liturgical ornaments, which have a mental significance, and generally the old heraldic figures. By the mixture of…
Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament · Fashion and art
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