Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 161
tatuettes in ivory were made in great quantitiesin the Middle Ages, and as an example of the Frenchschool of ivory carving of this period there is an exceed-ingly fine representation of the Coronation of the Virgin(Fig. Ill) in the Louvre. In this work the figure of Christhas the dress and… … ¥i.g. 112.—Image Jramlcr;^littec-iUh Ccuiun. about 1274, and is certainly one of the most perfectlyfinished works of French sculpture of that time. Colour and rich decoration were seen very much on thesculpture of the ISliddle Ages, for we find traces of it inthe mediaeval tombs, effigies, and all…
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