The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 56
came dim, and did notgive the natural colour to reflected objects, were then discontinued. Atthe same time, the elegant shape of the ancient hand-mirrors was retained,the workers in gold and silver still continuing to encircle them with most FURNITURE. 25 graceful designs ; the only difference… … Fig. 18.—Hand or Pocket Mirror in gold or chased silver, from an Engraving by Etienne Delanlne,a celebrated French goldsmith and engraver (Sixteenth Century). From all these details, the reader will have the gratification of ascertainingat a glance the general effect of furniture in use for…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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