Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 382
Fig. 291.—Mosaic from the Alhambra. … y.RIEID^E^ Fig. 292.—Saracenic Mosaic, from J^lonreale. shown in every case as the surface of the mosaic; this wasdone in order to get greater brilliancy of colour, and tocatch all the possible light that is reflected from the wallsand floor of the church. Portland stone composed the panels, and…
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