The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages (1851)
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · London, William Pickering · leaf 9
in ufe for decorative purpofes. I canonly, therefore, hope to exhibit fome oftheir moft ftriking features, and thus act| as a guide and affiftant to thofe who wifhto devote their ftudies to a moreminute inveftigation of the detailsof the principles, or procelfes, pecu-liar to each particular clafs.… … €mmth The art of enamelling (like moft of our decorative proceffes) camefrom the eaft, where the natives have continued its ufe from the moftremote times, unchanged both in ftyle and character. At what periodit firft found its way into Europe is only a matter of conjecture ; but wehave evidence of…
Decoration and ornament · Decoration and ornament, Medieval · Church decoration and ornament
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