Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 267
w. VOL. I. 177 12 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF OLDER SPAIN of Its parts was altered by the ignorant. Eightchains would formerly suspend it, in the followingorder of its tiers or staofes, from the dome of themezquita. First and uppermost would come theshade; then, next to this, the set of taperingspheres;… … Other articles of Spanish-Moorish ornamentedbronze are thimbles, buckets, and the sphericalperfume-burners which were used to roll uponthe stone or marble pavement of a dwelling.Moorish thimbles, conical and uncouthly large,are not uncommonly met with at Granada. Ihave one, of which the above is an…
Decorative arts
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