eand tries himself at the current pottery, we see the comfit-box (drageoir)called a la centauresse, reproduce the same flowers, the same tendrils,in a word, conform itself to a taste which, far from coming from Nevers,was to implant itself there in its turn, by an identical influence. Nevertheless,… … SLIPPER OF HOUEX FAIENCE. is the decoration of lambrequins (mantlings) and dentelles (lace).This style of ornamentation, first executed in blue camaieu or in blueand iron red, is a sort of compromise between the Oriental and the French.We see in it the oriental influence mixed with the delicate…
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