The practical book of early American arts and crafts (1916)
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, McClure, Abbot, Bainbridge, Mabel Foster · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 44
Four varieties of Chinese decoration are found inthe Mexican maiolica. In the first, designs in whiteare reserved in a blue ground; in the second, Chinesefigures appear in the scheme; in the third, the impor-tant figures are of European character, but there is aperceptible addition of Chinese… … Fig. 2, Polychrome Tile, Hispano-Mexican phase, u. 1780.Courtesy of Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia. phase, was really ushered in during the latter part ofthe eighteenth century by the introduction of a greaterrange of colours, in which greens, purples, yellows,…
Decoration and ornament · Antiques
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