Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 226
, of English manufacture. Thesilver and gold plate of the * Queen Anne period (1702-14) is highly prized for its beauty of design and massive METAL WORK. 207 character, some examples of which will be noticed pre-sently. In the metal work, especially ia gold and silver of theseventeenth century,… … Fig. 173.—Bronze Candlestick ; Italian; Sixteenth Century. course, the best work belonged to the earlier part of thecentury. A fine freedom of line and handling is seen in theFlemish salver (Fig. 174) of Renaissance design. TheFrench example of a silver-gilt cup and cover is unusuallysimple for…
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