Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 198
Fig. 142.—Irish Crozier of Bronze, Edin-■ • - (S.) burgh Museum. METAL WORK. 79 had in their train many accomplished Eastern artists inmetal work, and such objects as caskets, jewellery, brace-lets, rings, sword and dagger handles, and scabbards. … Fig. 143.—Sword of Boabdil, Madrid. (R.) The Moorish caskets are often made of wood, coveredwith silver or gold plates, the ornamentation being similar l8o HISTORIC ORNAMENT. to that of the ivory carvings. The Arab or Saracenicmetal work of Spain is executed in rejDousse, or is chiselled niello…
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