A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 291
od quality, or perhaps for thesake of variety, glazed tiles occur which have the designleft hollow, and not filled in, according to the usual pro-cess, with clay of a different colour; a careful examinationhowever of thedisposition of theornament will fre-quently shew thatthe original inten-tion… … Westleigh, Devon. cavetto. It must be observed, that instances are very fre-quent, where the protecting glaze having been worn away,the white clay, which is of a less compact quality thanthe red, has fallen out, and left the design hollow, so thatan impression or rubbing may readily be taken. It…
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