Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 206
d the candlesticks, stands a folding-altar-table, represented here as shut, but which, if unfolded, would offer three com-partments, each with a picture. The ornaments above the recess in thecorner, as well as other details in parts of the original painting not introducedhere, exhibit that… … and at the present day is not unfrequently found in houses in some of the oldertowns in the Netherlands and Germany. The cut at the end of this notice represents a very elegant design for asaltsellar, engraved in 1645 by Hollar after a drawing by Holbein. Thenames of both these artists are…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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