Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 203
; SeventeenthCentury. (R.) 184 HISTORIC ORNAMENI. The pendant jewel of the seventeenth century shows thebeginnings of the decadence in design (Fig. 147), and thesilver dish (Fig. 148), though very rich in effect, is a pro-nounced step in the direction of unrestrained space-cover-ing that… … Fig. 148.—Spanish Silver Dish ; Seventeenth Century. (R.) lamp (Fig. 149) is a beautiful specimen of bronze-workingin pierced open-work. It bears the date of the Hegira,705 (a.d. 1305). Important works in bronze of the Renais-sance period, such as candelabra, monstrances, &c., arestill…
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