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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 129

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hrone. (P. & C. and many fine examples of ivory carvings and incisedwork have been found in the tombs. The incised outlineson the ivory were usually filled in with black (Figs. 144and 145). Gold, silver, ivory, and ebony were worked in usually bythe same Egyptian artist, as we learn from an… … »^o< -e^CwQ-* Fij,. 148.—The Carpenters Making Chairs. (M.) decided that he should excel, and I have seen the perfec-tion of his handiwork as an artist, as the chief of those

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