The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 423
ppy choice of tortoiseshell inlaysuggested by a tentative prior use in Flanders, and even possibly inFrance itself during Louis xiii.s days? and how far was his adoptionof metal inlay the result of his knowledge of the Hispano-Portuguesedecoration of shaped and perforated metal plates, pinned to… … LOUIS XIV. HORLOGEEELIGIEUSE. or white metal, upon two sheets of tortoiseshell, aud cut the outlineof the design through all the four layers ; an equal number (four) ofreplicas of the pieces forming the pattern, and of matrices and groundspierced with, or open spaces exactly fitting the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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