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The arts and crafts of older Spain (1907)

Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 102

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aces into panels small enough,and sufficiently easy in their setting, to permitof slight shrinking without injury to the generaloutline. The little panels of a Cairo door orpulpit may expand without encountering enoughresistance to cause any cracking or splitting inthe surrounding portions, and the… … FURNITURE apply with equal justice to the decorative wood-work of the Spanish Muslims. A further pointof interest lies in the fact that window-grilles andceilings of the kind referred to, grew to be ex-tremely fashionable through the whole Peninsula.Carried by Moorish or Mudejar craftsmen farbeyond…

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