iles. Furniture. (In Building.) Door knobs, ex-ternal brass-work of locks, window fastenings, &c Foreshortening. (In painting.) The art ofrepresenting figures and other objects, projections,Sec, as they appear to the eye. This art, which,in many instances, is so difficult, appears to havebeen… … Flame. (In Sculpture.) An ornament repre-senting the ligh-t which is emitted from fire ; usedto decorate funeral monuments, as representingthe unceratinty of human life. Wren has used iton the top of his gigantic column called the Mo-nument, as being commemorative of the greatconflagration of the…
Design · Decoration and ornament · Art
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