Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 339
, as in the case of the antiqueSimpulum (fig. 11), a right-angle. Egyptian Spoons, which arerichly decorated, often possess a cover rotating round a pin (comparethe projections on the dish, fig. 2), the spoon then becomes a kindof pot or receptacle. A foot is of course superfluous on the… … The Bucket, &c. Plate 192. ?6 The Spoon, &c. — The Prochoiis, &c. As a rule: the Dish is plain, or is slightly decorated byeuoraving the interior, (fig. 6). The decoration is generally confinedto the rim and the handle, or its points of junction. The materialis usually wood, bone, or…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
