The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 32
ne, tlie royalsilversmith, affords, in terms which require no comment, an idea of thecostliness lavished on the manufacture of an arni-ehair intended for tlie Kingof France in 1352 :— For making a fauteuil of silver and of crystal decorated with preciousstones, delivered to the said seigneur, of… … Fig. 5.—Scats from Miniatures of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. For illuminated pieces placed under the crystals of the said fauteuil, ofwhich there are 40 of the armorial bearings of France, 01 of the prophetsholding scrolls, 112 half-length figures of animals on gold ground, and 4large…
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