Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 194
FIG. 65.—CEILING OF APPLIQUB WORK. (South Kensington Museum.) design, and covering the whole with a thin surface of plaster, onwhich various arabesque and floral ornaments are then squeezedwhile the material is soft, and the whole is then painted and gilt. … FIG. 66.—TABLE (KITRSV)(Cairo Mitseu7>:.\ 168 ART OF THE SARACENS. The cut, fig. 67, represents a ceiling in the St. Maurice collection,acquired by the South Kensington Museum. The design is raised bymeans of strips of wood about half an inch thick, and these strips aregilt, with lines of red to…
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