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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 171

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the cornersto the circular ring. 52 tItSTORTC ORNAMENT. In reference to the ivory carver Heliot, mentioned above,Jacquemart quotes—when speaking of his work, the oratoryof carved ivory tablets in the Cluny Museum that belongedto the Duchess of Burgundy— Accounts of Amiot Arnantfrom 1392 to 1393.… … Fi«^. 123.—Ivory Minor Case. (S. K. M.j Saint Jean-Baptiste, which he has sold for the Car-thusians. Many celebrated artists have doubtless worked in ivory,but there is nothing to prove this except the supposedhand-work of the artists. Michelangelo is credited withworking in ivory ; Cellini,…

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