Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 206
pieces of this Hispano-Arabic arenow highly prized. They are divided into classes. Thefirst, as described by Labarte, is decorated with orna-ments of a very brilliant colour nearer a copper-red thangold, the ground being almost hidden by the design, whichconsists of birds in the midst of flowers.… … Hispano-Moresco Lustred Ware. Height 21 inches. South Kensington Museum. Passeri, who * contends for the honour of Italy, considersit probable the yellow and green plates still visible in churcharchitecture were Italian, and that the art was invented byLuca della Eobbia; but this third class of…
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