The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 211
lieve that in the fabrication of these various objects, the goldsmith hadrecourse to the assistance of special artisans, who could scarcely fail toderive all possible advantage from such fortuitous association. Thus, whenthe gold-wrought sword which Dunois carried when Charles YII. enteredLyons in… … Fig. 125.^Pendant, adorned with Diamonds and Precious Stones. (Seventeenth Century.) sword-cutler had to forge and temper the blade. In the same manner, whenit was required to work a jewelled robe, such as Marie de Medicis wore atthe baptism of her son in 1606, the robe being covered with…
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