Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 289
. Previous to this time themirrors were made of various polished metals. Theframes of the Venetian mirrors were often elaboratelycarved (Fig. 242), some of them being made in designsthat were strictly architectural in character, representing adoor, or window frame, with pilasters, frieze, and… … Fig. 242.—\*enctian Elinor Frame ; Sixteenth Ceutury. (P.) and carved and gilt frames were soon used all overEurope as picture frames. Later on gilt furniture of allkinds was made in Venice and was in great favour in theother countries of the Continent. FURNITURE. 271 The manufacture of marquetry…
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